[LargeFormat] IR photos from Marshfield Massachusetts

[Jim Hemenway]

J Michael:

Great, wonderful photographs!

How did you keep your fingers warm?  I'm serious.

Jim - http://www.hemenway.com



Michael Sullivan wrote:
> Dear List,
> 
> Since people are showing off some recent photos, I thought I'd add mine.
> Linked here 
> (http://www.haywood-sullivan.com/photography/IR-land/index.html) are two 
> images I took yesterday (Sunday) morning in Marshfield Massachusetts USA 
> around 8am.
> It was about -2 deg F when I went out.
> 
> My setup:
> Linhof Kardan Standard (4x5)
> Gitzo Carbon Fibre tripod
> IBM Thinkpad laptop (soon to be replaced with a G4 Powebook)
> BetterLight Super 6k2 digital back (6000x8000 pixels)
> 24v lead-acid battery for above
> Kodak Wratten A red filter
> Schneider Super Symmar HM 120mm
> Rodenstock Sironar-N 210mm
> 
> Both images were deliberately shot without the normal infrared blocking 
> filter.
> In order to block out most of the blue, I used a Wratten A red filter.
> As such, there was a red/cyan cast to the captured image -- sky was red, 
> foliage was cyan.
> Due to the intense IR sensitivity of this chip, both test images were 
> shot at f45 -- even with the red filter!
> (it is clear I will need to invest in a set of ND filters asap)
> Total capture time was approx 3 minutes.
> File size was approx 137mb.
> 
> Images were then brought into Photoshop and the Red hue was made blue 
> and the cyan hue was made orange, giving the false color infrared 
> results you see here.
> 
> NOTE: I was planning on comparing images shot with a Heliopan 092 (an 
> almost black filter) but my fingers were freezing and I needed to get 
> back into the van! As I understand it, the 092 would render an almost 
> black and white image, which I'm not sure I'd like.
> 
> Anyway, I'm pretty pleased with the surreal look I was after.
> Yet I also wanted to avoid the stereotypical "infrared" look so common 
> these days.
> 
> Thoughts? Comments?
> 
> J Michael Sullivan

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