Near-Infrared Photography

[Kugelblitz]

Been experimenting with NIR-photography for the last couple months with my Nikon D3000 using a Hoya 720nm pass filter.

Takes some time to get the focus and exposure times right as the camera is unmodified, but the results tend to look pretty spectacular! :)

Photos are taken with varying exposure times (between 13-30"), channels swapped and processed in Gimp.

[cometcatcher]

They look quite nice.

How do you get the sky blue, swap channels etc?

[CoolhandJo]

Very sureal

[gregbradley]

Nice work. With infrared some lens develop hot spots and reflections and others don't. I think it can be a matter of trial and error. You seem to be getting some lens reflections there. If you have another lens it might be worth trying that out as well.

I did some with a Fuji XE1 and the standard 18-55 zoom gave a hot spot but the 35mm F1.4 did not.

Greg.

[Kugelblitz]

Thank you for the kind words.

Yes, the hot spots and reflections are a pain, though I'm stuck with the standard 18-55mm lens for the time being. Probably use better framing and cropping out the hot spot in future photos.

In regards to channel swapping in GIMP, I've attached a photo that hopefully answers the question.

[cometcatcher]

Thank you. I shall have a play.

[E_ri_k]

They look great :) I converted my Canon 20D to 665nm NIR last month and got some great photos. Modding the camera make framing and focusing so much easier.

I love the sureal look you can produce, and the channel swap really gives it a unique look!

I was getting some hot spots with my standard lenses also. There was a website that listed which ones performed better than others for NIR. Keep it up:thumbsup:

Erik

[Kugelblitz]

Glad I could help Kevin.

Thanks Eric. I'll definitely look into that website and different lenses, gotta get rid of that hotspot.

[E_ri_k]

http://dpanswers.com/content/irphoto_lenses.php

[multiweb]

Very cool - looks like a white Chritmas. :thumbsup: