I've been sitting here for about the last hour going back and forth between this photo and a portrait of an orangutan... i hope i made the right choice, otherwise my wife will say "i told you so..."
we'll see...
IR with Hoya R72
RAW conversion w/ RSE
red/blue channel swap
levels
hue/sat
clarify
cloned out a few bad spots in the tree and a bit of sensor dust
crop
resize
border
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I didn't vote on this challenge but I would have given this a good score despite being a little tired of the "plain" IR shots. The effect is great and you have managed to make it even better by bringing colour back into it. Shots like this make me realise that IR is not just a gimmic.
so, this is the day you would be kicking yourself, what with the single tree challenge having just kicked off? tree position is also perfect, and good for the rule of thirds challenge... it's another lovely ir shot, though the tree is surprisingly yellow which kind of reduces the "wow, infrared rocks!" that normally hits me. it's almost like a giant cat peed on it. the big shadow is also a distrcation; i'm sitting wandering what cast such a large shadow (possibly the giant cat again...). the sky is really lovely, and the environment is beautiful. overall, very likeable, but i can't quite feel comfy about the yellows.. 7.
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