Surreal IR Photography experiments from Newcastle - (feel free to use them in your posts) Part 2
Introduction
Following on from yesterday's post here are some more shots.
These are more architectural in nature. Perhaps you can use them in some posts that have a an architectural or city theme.
Also if you want to download the images directly for cropping/resizing or anything else the SteemImg album link is here.
Quick update on IR conversion as people were asking me
I have sent off my Nikon D7100 for IR conversion today. People were asking about how to get his done. In the US (and internationally if you don't have a local conversion service) the most highly recommended people are Lifepixel - they also have a host of tutorials and IR guides on their site. If you are in the UK I would recommend Advanced Camera Services (ACS). They were recommended to me by a number of people before I had my old Canon converted and I am using them again - the price is £250 pus VAT with a 3-4 week turnaround.
The Modern Library Building
I was limited in the shots I could take of this due to the angles. This is the relatively contemporary library building in the city centre. It has a "2001: A Space Odyssey" feel for me.
1 Black and White
2 The IR colour version
I'm not sure which version I prefer. What do you think?
The Laing Art Gallery
Exterior building - The closeups of the word art could be useful if you are doing an "art" related post.
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You can find out more about the gallery here. I remember coming here first as a child at school and seeing one of my favourite paintings - Isabella and the Pot of Basil by William Holman Hunt - it has an interesting story to go with it. You can see the painting below (source Public Domain from Wikipedia):
Mural
There is a mural of this on the outside of the building which came out surprisingly well in IR:
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WWI Memorial
More details of the World War I Memorial from yesterday. I love the details on the sculptural parts of the memorial. Just look at the amazing expressions on all the faces of the family members.
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Church in IR
The Church Next to the World War I Memorial - I like the colour version of this too (below the black and white version).
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Miscellaneous Architecture
Pillars
Some pillars on a nearby building. I found the shapes and textures on these fascinating.
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A beautiful frieze on a bulding
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A quaint building front. I loved the lettering and Victorian feel of this:
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Some reflections of buildings in glass
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Beautiful work, I really like this stuff.
Thank you. Glad you like it:)
Great series. For the sake of us architects/architecture lovers, please keep 'em coming!
Thanks. Glad you like them. I mainly have castle but will takes some new architectural shots as I have ordered a new lens just for that.
Thanks for sharing. Do you use the IR photography to take pictures of stars?
No I haven't tried that but I might have a go once I get my new converted camera. Do you have any experience of that?
I have been too chicken to hack my cameras. But i found a couple articles that may be able to help.
http://greeksky.gr/nightskyphotography/night-sky-photography-how-to-photograph-the-milky-way/
http://hackaday.com/2016/05/23/make-your-own-infrared-camera-on-the-cheap/
http://www.extremetech.com/electronics/144388-how-to-turn-your-dslr-into-a-full-spectrum-super-camera
http://www.astrosurf.com/buil/d70/ircut.htm
Thanks for the links. You don't have to do it yourself if you don't want to. You could pay to get it done professionally like through https://www.lifepixel.com .
Very nice! Architecture shots are my favorite! :D Xo Cheers @ thecryptofiend XO
Thanks. Yes I think they turned out the best. Particularly the one of the frieze.
Black and white versions are my favorite. There seems to be different wavelengths for IR, I've seen shots where trees come out totally white.
Yes. If I remember correctly this is a 590nm filter. I think the ones where the trees are completely white are the longer wavelength filters. It also depends on the white balance. For some reason you need to do it in the Nikon/Canon Raw processor software or in camera. Trying to do it afterwards in Lightroom or Photoshop doesn't give you correct results. Sadly I no longer have the Canon Raw processing software to redo it so had to make do with LR/PS. That's why I've kept most of them black and white.
Interesting, you use a filter along with a converted camera? So that lets in even more IR?
No that's not how it works.
Basically all digital cameras can register IR (and UV) light but they normally have a filter attached to the sensor to block it out as it is not part of the visual spectrum so you would not be photographing what you see. When you have an IR conversion you take that filter out and replace it with another one to allow varying amounts of IR light through. The 590nm filter lets some visible light through along with the infra red so you can get some very surreal coloured IR shots.
Longer wavelength filters (e.g. 830nm) exclude all the visible light and so you can only really convert those photos to black and white since there is no discernible colour information (not for humans anyway).
That said you can have a full spectrum conversion where they just remove the IR/UV filter inside the camera. Then you can attach an external filter on the lens which allows you to adapt it to a particular situation/light spectrum.
If you are interested you can read more about it on Lifpixel.com.
Thanks for taking the time to explain :D
You're welcome:)
I do love Black and White photography , love your shots and glad your showing Newcastle in a better light :)
Thanks. Newcastle is a beautiful city:)
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Thank you:)
Nice shots! I particularly love the closeup of the pillars! :o)
Thanks. I was worried in case it was too dark due to the exposure. I was going to push it up in LR but thought it brought out the texture more. It's weird that sometimes things that look bright aren't so bright in IR and vice versa. Dark objects (particularly black ones) can end up emitting a lot of near infrared, whereas pale ones can emit more visible colours but less IR.
Wow, that's really interesting! I don't know much about IR, but I can imagine editing being more of a challenge. I agree, I think the dark brings out the textures and details more. Whatever you're doing, keep up the great work!
Thank you so much. If you want to learn more about IR check out Lifepixel - they have lots of tutorials of both monochrome and colour IR. They also have some really surreal looking videos:
SHIFTS from Rhett Cutrell on Vimeo.
Movements in Red from Andrew Shurtleff on Vimeo.
Like these ones. They are best viewed in Vimeo for true HD.
Those videos are stunning, I'm really impressed! The landscapes look so dreamy... it reminds me of a painting. I'm definitely going to learn more about IR photography now, thanks so much for sharing this.
Yes they look amazing!
Thank you, I'll check it out!
Great:)
That pillars shot is very powerful!
Thank you. It is maybe a bit too dark but I liked it because of how dramatic it looks. That is the weird thing with IR, the light can fool you quite a bit because you can't actually see it!
The carvings look amazing
Thanks. I don't know what they represent exactly but I thought they looked cool. I can't wait to get my converted D7100 back to see what other things I can discover. I haven't done any IR in my home town. There is loads of stuff here too.