These days I mainly shoot false colour IR, but many prefer the B&W look which was about all I could manage before I had a converted body. So we should have a thread for them:
Here's a hand held panorama shot via a 720 filter on a stock K100d
Infra red Panorama by Mike Kanssen, on Flickr
I love it, I have a converted canon powershot G12 and while I do like color IR for it almost infinite possibilities, I do tend to like B&W better.
Lovely shot. Still working out which reply button :D)
Thanks Barbara,
FWIW I only see a reply button lower right of posts which seems to work fine on both the computers I use for the forum (this Windows laptop & my Linux based Raspberry Pi at home)
Edit - Now I've seen the ones at the top & extreme bottom which reply to the thread (no quote)
Thanks Roy, this shot was taken with a unmodified camera which can only manage IR with 720nm & longer filters (or the visual portion completely obscures any IR) so has limited options for false colour.
After my initial experiments with the K100d, I tried a cheap Sony DSC V1 which gave IR in nightshot mode (provided the filter adapter wasn't screwed in all the way)
nightshot ir DSC00575a by Mike Kanssen, on Flickr
The limitations of that soon persuaded me to splash out on a pre-converted Panasonic GF2 that was reasonably cheap on e-bay due to cosmetic damage.
I've used it in both monochrome & false colour images
Dereham from the windmill by Mike Kanssen, on Flickr
Despite the lack of a built in viewfinder That camera fed my IR bug for over 5 years, and it still gets outing occasionally when my converted A7ii is too bulky/heavy.
The added weight of FF has meant I've not always had IR filters with me when IR subjects pop up. Fortunately it seems a variable ND at it's darkest setting makes a reasonable substitute for a 850nm filter:
PK 28mm vari ND by Mike Kanssen, on Flickr
I find it's not just in infra red that B&W can have an extra impact, but as yet I've not really made enough of the option of converting to monochrome. Even shooting predominately in JPEG I prefer to shoot in a colour mode & convert to B&W afterwards. Like false colour IR it just increases the options to emphasize the parts that caught your eye.
Old Whitesville Schoolhouse Yard, South Carolina.
Old Santee Canal, South Carolina.
Cathedral of St. John the Baptist, Charleston, South Carolina.
A few I've shot this year. I tend to shoot 590nm and convert to B&W using Silver Efex Pro 2.
Some really dramatic skies there!
IR is always good for skies, but I don't think I've got anything that matches those.
Magnolia Gardens, South Carolina.
Charleston, South Carolina.
Summerville, South Carolina.
Magnolia Gardens Rice Field, South Carolina.
GFX 50R. LifePixel modded, 950 nm filter, Rodenstock 180mm/f/5.6 HR Digaron.
Very nice Jim!
Here's one from the Stanley Park seawall in Vancouver. Full spectrum camera and shot with a Blue/IR filter but the colour conversion wasn't working for me so I went for a monochrome treatment.
Let it rain, let it rain...
Canon EOS M6, 590nm, SilverEfexPro2
