Chromatic Aberration
Infrared Garden
Posted by Scott Collins (Ontario, California, United States) on 11 February 2008 in Landscape & Rural and Portfolio.
Sorry I didn't get to comment before I put this image up, but believe it or not, I took this picture in the middle of June in California, and it was about 70 degrees. What looks like snow is just green grass that is reflecting Infrared light. The trees look dark because they absorb Infrared.
Peter Miller from Lichfield, United Kingdom
Nice infra red shot, wish I could do that on my Canon EOS Digital
11 Feb 2008 11:39am
@Peter Miller: I don't see why you couldn't, just buy yourself an R72 filter from Tiffen (around $30 bucks) and you could do the same. The image will come out deep red, and a little flat. I just run it through photoshop and change the image to gray scale and bump up the contrast. The only disadvantage to not having an Infrared camera like I had, is that you have to compose and focus the image first and then put on the filter, since the filter is almost black.
Peter Miller from Lichfield, United Kingdom
HAve you used photoshop or infra red film or what???
11 Feb 2008 11:40am
@Peter Miller: A little of both. I used a sony camera that has a "Night Shot" mode and I used an Infrared filter to block all the "Visible" light. The image from that camera comes out with a green cast, which I remove with Photoshop.
Tracey from White Hall, United States
Perfect! Congratulations on a fantastic capture!
11 Feb 2008 1:29pm
Aidan Hammond from Seoul, South Korea
interesting shot, especially to see during the winter time; wonderful tones here.
11 Feb 2008 1:43pm
@Aidan Hammond: Believe it or not, it was in the middle of summer and that's is green grass on the ground.
Michael Rawluk from Prince George, Canada
That is a stunning shot. I am not big fan of IR but that really works. (I think I overdosed on it in the seventies).
11 Feb 2008 6:11pm
jennifer from Indianapolis, United States
that is so awesome. is this a filter you used or a lens? this infrared thing...really, just tell me how i can do this!
12 Feb 2008 3:14am
@jennifer: First you need a filter like the Hoya R72 which can be purchased from a camera store like B&H. Set you digital camera for Black and White, or change to picture to "Gray Scale" in Photoshop and adjust the contrast. For around $300 dollar, you can have your camera permanently converted to Infrared, the advantage to tthat being you won't have the long exposure times, and you will be able to see through the lens when you take the picture (the IR filter is almost black)
martie from okinawa, Japan
Oh wow - you fooled me totally! And even after the explanation, it still looks like snow to me! GREAT effect!
12 Feb 2008 3:41am
Koen from Antwerp, Belgium
Nice picture, has a dreamy quality to it... I like IR just for that... If you include some blue sky you also get those dramatic contrasts...
12 Feb 2008 1:26pm
Sony CYBERSHOT
1/60 second
F/2.2
ISO 100
19 mm