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Camera: Canon EOS-350D Rebel XT
Lens: Canon EF 28-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM
Location: Ithaca, NY
Date: May 28, 2008
Aperture: f/6.7
ISO: 400
Shutter: 1/1500s
Galleries: Nature, Infrared
Date Uploaded: Sep 8, 2008
Viewed: 289
Comments: 3
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well, this one was quite a journey...one of those where I had no idea what I was going for until I got there
brought it in from RAW after establishing a relatively low clarity setting;
did a couple of passes of 'defog' USM (20/@140 or so for a 12mp image/2)
played in channel mixer and found this setting, which I set as a preset and called "night IR" - red channel: -1/-52/-4, green channel: 0/+44/0, blue channel: 0/+49/+100
heavy gaussian blur, fade to something low, about 25%
less heavy gaussian blur, fade again to something low
hue/sat layer - took down the blue sat about -8; took down the master sat also about -8
applied a mild vignette
used the Midnight filter in Nik Color Efex, with some tweaking of the settings
hue/sat again, to change the blue hue slightly
levels to bring up the black point slightly
resize and hit with a slight high pass at some mid-range opacity, some masking out of areas
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09/11/2008 01:39:53 AM |
| The blue definitely adds a mystery feel to this shot. It does have some sort of feeling of looking at a moon lite scene, nice. |
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09/10/2008 09:47:27 PM |
| not sure if I like the blue, but I love the rest of it. that birdhouse is a nice focal point, and the darker leaves add to the mystique. |
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09/09/2008 01:07:38 AM |
| Well worth the journey! The color is really great. Lots of mystery in the shot and plenty to look at in it too. With IR each picture is unique and I too am never quite sure where it will end up with the processing. I may start in one direction, but sometimes it tells me to change. Part of the enjoyment of IR photography for me. |
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