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Beringer Bros House, Infrared
Beringer Bros House, Infrared
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Challenge: Free Study 2009-04 (Advanced Editing VII)
Camera: Nikon D70
Lens: Nikon AF-S DX Zoom-Nikkor 18-70mm f/3.5-4.5G IF-ED
Location: Napa, California, USA
Date: Apr 23, 2009
Aperture: F3.5
ISO: 640
Shutter: 1/40
Galleries: Rural, Infrared
Date Uploaded: Apr 29, 2009

 I really like this shot and I hope you guys do too. This is my first real outting with infrared. I played around in the back yard to learn how to do interesting post-processing work on the originals. This is at the Beringer Brothers Winery up in Napa, CA. If you've got to go to a wedding, might as well go up early and enjoy the valley. I must admit, I am quite done with tasting wine for a while. Post process steps at the bottom.

With the purchase of my new baby, the D300, I almost sold my D70 to my brother. But then I found out that each generation of Nikon does a greater job than the last of filtering out infrared. Boo. Turns out that the D70 will take a Hoya R72 filter in ISO 640 and let you do hand-held infrared. Of course, you can't see about anything through the lens (only the brightest of red end of visible light) so I used my D300 as reference, then shot numerous guesses with the D70.

I shot in RAW format, let the camera auto-white ballance and auto-focus. Import into Photoshop CS4, choose the new white balance to be the brightest portion of what I know should be green (typically ended up being temperature of 2000, tint around -40 to -50), and chose Auto for the exposure setting. Once in PS, I use the channel mixer to swap red and blue (in red channel set red to 0 and blue to 100; vice versa in blue channel). Then I set a levels layer and use auto if it looks about what I want it to be. Finally, to remove the red hue from the now-almost-white leaves, I use a hue/sat layer and select out a small range of magenta to desaturate a little. This grabs a little from the sky often so I'm careful to limit how wide the color range affected is and also bump the saturation up in the blue range. In this photo, I also created a curves layer for contrast and another hue/sat layer masked to pull some of the blue tint out of the building roof and minor spots. Cropped and uploaded. Hope this info helps anyone.

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Place: 93 out of 435
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Nikon D80
 09/03/2009 12:26:00 AM
You captured this image beautifully with a mysterious eeriness.
Great job!
Fantastic composition.
Nikon D80
 05/14/2009 12:04:38 AM
Great Photo
 Comments Made During the Challenge
Nikon D90
Nikon AF-S DX NIKKOR 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6G ED VR II
 05/07/2009 02:42:32 PM
I love the infrared in this picture. Stunning 10
Fujifilm X-Pro3
Fujifilm XF 23mm f/2 R WR
 05/06/2009 12:59:44 PM
title hurts this one a bit. nice composition. some ps work to light front of house would help.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark III
OM System 90mm f/3.5 Macro IS PRO M.Zuiko Digital ED
 05/06/2009 12:42:59 AM
love ir .. and this is brilliant .. a perfectly beautiful image .. :)
Olympus OM-D E-M5 Mark III
Olympus 12-100mm f/4.0 M.Zuiko ED IS PRO
 05/05/2009 02:21:38 PM
I usually don't care for the IR look, but this one is different somehow.
Canon EOS-5D Mark II
Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II
 05/04/2009 11:13:31 PM
Infrared works great for this. Very mysterious.
Nikon D700
Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 24-70mm f/2.8G ED
 05/03/2009 10:37:24 PM
Really great use of infrared.
Olympus E-520
Vivitar MF Zoom 19-35mm f/3.5-4.5 Series 1 for Olympus
 05/01/2009 09:34:05 PM
A solid image that is crisp, sharp and properly framed and composed - a technical success in every way. From an artistic standpoint, it has significant impact being richly colored with excellant detail. This image would have worked as a black and white as well as infrared. A perfect demonstration of the power of properly controlled light and focus. A top ten image and a very strong contender for a ribbon. Well done.
Canon EOS-6D
Canon EF 28-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM
 05/01/2009 10:44:21 AM
This looks like something out of a fairytale book. The white everywhere is gorgeous.
Nikon D850
Nikon AF-S DX Zoom Nikkor 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6G VR
 05/01/2009 07:02:44 AM
nice composition and contrast....
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