Comments on: The Tree http://photography24seven.com/the-tree/ Live, Learn and Enjoy Photography Fri, 23 Mar 2012 07:51:23 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Thomas http://photography24seven.com/the-tree/comment-page-1/#comment-212 Thomas Sun, 10 Jan 2010 12:18:52 +0000 http://photography24seven.com/?p=3811#comment-212 Thanks Trond, I appreciate your comments! I completely understand your preference. I think you will get a lot of good images out of the G11 as you will no doubt carry it with you a lot more than a DSLR. In many ways a converted infrared is a bit of luxury which I only afforded myself because I sold my Hasselblad Xpan II in order to upgrade my 20D to a 5D. As it happened, though, this allowed me to keep my old 20D, buy a second 20D cheap on Ebay, and then convert that second 20D to infrared. This made sense to me as I then still had a back-up camera, plus I had a couple of the EF-S lenses which only works with smaller sensors. Enjoy your G11! Thanks Trond, I appreciate your comments!

I completely understand your preference.

I think you will get a lot of good images out of the G11 as you will no doubt carry it with you a lot more than a DSLR.

In many ways a converted infrared is a bit of luxury which I only afforded myself because I sold my Hasselblad Xpan II in order to upgrade my 20D to a 5D. As it happened, though, this allowed me to keep my old 20D, buy a second 20D cheap on Ebay, and then convert that second 20D to infrared.

This made sense to me as I then still had a back-up camera, plus I had a couple of the EF-S lenses which only works with smaller sensors.

Enjoy your G11!

]]> By: Thomas http://photography24seven.com/the-tree/comment-page-1/#comment-211 Thomas Sun, 10 Jan 2010 12:12:47 +0000 http://photography24seven.com/?p=3811#comment-211 Thanks for your comments and input Mike. Thanks for your comments and input Mike.

]]> By: -trond- http://photography24seven.com/the-tree/comment-page-1/#comment-210 -trond- Sat, 09 Jan 2010 22:29:30 +0000 http://photography24seven.com/?p=3811#comment-210 Yes, great image Thomas, I think you have achieved a fantastic effect in the combination of IR and Lensbaby. And i really like the composition too, the darker foreground against the brighter background. I was actually thinking about turning my old Nikon D70 into an IR camera, but I ended up selling it to get the Canon G11. It would probably be more exciting to follow my first plan, but I really needed a smaller camera to bring with me. Yes, great image Thomas, I think you have achieved a fantastic effect in the combination of IR and Lensbaby. And i really like the composition too, the darker foreground against the brighter background.

I was actually thinking about turning my old Nikon D70 into an IR camera, but I ended up selling it to get the Canon G11. It would probably be more exciting to follow my first plan, but I really needed a smaller camera to bring with me.

]]> By: Mike http://photography24seven.com/the-tree/comment-page-1/#comment-209 Mike Fri, 08 Jan 2010 16:16:39 +0000 http://photography24seven.com/?p=3811#comment-209 I like your infra-red shots, Thomas. I have played with Photoshop to achieve IR-looking effects, but they are never anywhere as good as the real thing. Timo - the conversion Thomas speaks of for DSLRs involves removing an IR filter that is in front of the digital sensor, something that doesn't exist on a SLR, so just using IR film would work fine. I'm keen to see your results! I like your infra-red shots, Thomas. I have played with Photoshop to achieve IR-looking effects, but they are never anywhere as good as the real thing.

Timo – the conversion Thomas speaks of for DSLRs involves removing an IR filter that is in front of the digital sensor, something that doesn’t exist on a SLR, so just using IR film would work fine.

I’m keen to see your results!

]]> By: Thomas http://photography24seven.com/the-tree/comment-page-1/#comment-208 Thomas Fri, 08 Jan 2010 12:20:28 +0000 http://photography24seven.com/?p=3811#comment-208 Hi Timo, Thank you very much for your kind comments. I'm particularly happy about your comment about 'a special atmosphere'. I'm a big fan of mood in images, but it's an elusive thing to try and capture. I've never used IR film myself (only the converted IR digital Canon 20D I have), but yes, I'm sure you can achieve some fine IR results with film. However I'm not quite sure what your options are in terms of playing with colour when you scan your IR images from film? It could be worth giving it a try and see what you come up with. I'd be keen to see your images. Thanks, Thomas Hi Timo,

Thank you very much for your kind comments.

I’m particularly happy about your comment about ‘a special atmosphere’. I’m a big fan of mood in images, but it’s an elusive thing to try and capture.

I’ve never used IR film myself (only the converted IR digital Canon 20D I have), but yes, I’m sure you can achieve some fine IR results with film. However I’m not quite sure what your options are in terms of playing with colour when you scan your IR images from film?

It could be worth giving it a try and see what you come up with. I’d be keen to see your images.

Thanks,
Thomas

]]> By: Timo http://photography24seven.com/the-tree/comment-page-1/#comment-207 Timo Fri, 08 Jan 2010 12:06:18 +0000 http://photography24seven.com/?p=3811#comment-207 What a great picture! IMHO it was good to leave some colour and not just do a black and white conversion. The tones really work in combination with the "Lensbaby effect", i.e. they fit perfectly together, giving the picture a special atmosphere. I want to buy a Lensbaby this year (probably Composer), so it is great to see it in use - especially in combination with IR. About IR: I also have an analog Nikon SLR (which I mainly use for occasional bw shoots) - does it suffice to use an IR film with analog SLRs or do they also have to be converted? What a great picture!
IMHO it was good to leave some colour and not just do a black and white conversion.
The tones really work in combination with the “Lensbaby effect”, i.e. they fit perfectly together, giving the picture a special atmosphere.

I want to buy a Lensbaby this year (probably Composer), so it is great to see it in use – especially in combination with IR.

About IR:
I also have an analog Nikon SLR (which I mainly use for occasional bw shoots) – does it suffice to use an IR film with analog SLRs or do they also have to be converted?

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