Life Through A Lens
The Secret Garden
Posted by Stu (Scotland | Residing in Kyoto, Japan) on 5 September 2009 in Landscape & Rural and Portfolio.
My first attempt at infrared photography. Taken through a Hoya R-72 infrared filter. It's almost totally black - hence the 30-second exposure in the middle of the afternoon.
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Florence from Paris, France
Totally fairy ! I dream to go to Japan one day !
Infrared ?
5 Sep 2009 9:37am
Steve Rice from Olympia, United States
This is really great! Excellent effect here.
8 Sep 2009 3:17pm
Esther K ~ from Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia
I'm not familiar with infrared but I like it - looks like something out of a fairytale. Is the effect totally the lens' doing?
9 Sep 2009 2:17am
@Esther K ~: Thx Esther. It's 90% the filter's doing I'd say. It's certainly impossible to recreate this effect without the filter. You can create different colours in the final image - as you'll see from my post today (9th).
6ft5 from stockholm, Sweden
Ralph pointed in your direction and I´m glad he did. Excellent image and processing!
22 Oct 2009 6:04am
dj.tigersprout from New York City, United States
a dreamland of sorts!! faaabulous! did you keep the blues and infra red the rest? awesome combination of infra-white and color!!!
4 Nov 2009 8:30pm
@dj.tigersprout: Thx dj. Actually when the image is unprocessed the sky is gold and the trees are blue! I alter the colours using channel mixer to make the sky blue and the trees pink. The blue sky brings at least a modicum of realism to an otherwise totally unrealistic image. Thx for taking the time to peruse my blog and comment.
Canon EOS Kiss X
30 seconds
F/3.5
ISO 100
22 mm