You picked a tricky challenge to do your 1st ir photo entry. At 40 seconds the trees are always going to look soft in even the slightest breeze. The hot-spot in the middle is hardly noticeable and you have mastered the channel swapping already. A very respectable score and i`m sure your going to score even higher when you get your shutter speed faster.
A great start to IR :)
Not too fond of infrared, however, very interesting hazy central area which contrasts w/ the sharpness of the rest of the landscape..... very nice reflections and beautiful sky.
Sorry, not a fan of IR shots. Looks like an interesting photo opportunity herer. Nice still water for reflections and the high banks add interest. Would like to see this in color. ;^)
I don't know much about IR, but it is very intriguing to me that this is the result of a 30 sec exposure. Perhaps you needed to add filters like a standard exposure, which is also perhaps why it seems a bit fuzzy. Wish there had been a way to adjust the composition so the pipe wasn't evident.
I do like this shot, it's a great IR shot.
There does seem to be a haze centered in the picture though, not sure if it's intentional but it is very off putting.
Not a bad idea to keep the sky blue either, would of liked to see more of it though seen as it looks so nice.
:)