Comments on: Contest Entry: Amber Williams Shoots Infrared

By: Craig

Craig — Mon, 09 Aug 2010 15:00:50 +0000

Great video Amber. I noticed in your notes that you are using PSP X. How do you get the RAW files into it? I find that Lightroom doesn’t play nicely with the custom WB I use for IR images and I haven’t got another RAW converter (at least one that’shandy) so I haven’t done a lot of IR for awhile. What do you use?

By: Rob

Rob — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 21:27:19 +0000

Amber
Nice stuff, for me the most interesting part was the time lapse editing.

By: stakx

stakx — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 00:59:10 +0000

great pics, Amber. IR photography is quite different from what I’ve been trying to learn, and I appreciate this introduction.

By: Har Rai K.

Har Rai K. — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 20:11:12 +0000

Amber, thanks a lot–very helpful. Nice shots, look forward to seeing more of your work!

-Har Rai

By: Corey Grusden

Corey Grusden — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 03:42:17 +0000

Great Job amber! I wasn’t a fan of IR until i saw how much work you put into making your images. I love the stark white and blue snow-looking photos at the end.. keep it up!

-
Corey

By: Amber

Amber — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 22:18:37 +0000

Hey everyone! Thanks for your comments and kind words. -Har Rai the nice part about using a converted CCD is that exposures are much faster -Almost like taking pictures of visible light. -This will help you to photograph people and moving objects rather than just landscapes. If I am not mistaken I don’t believe they get the hot spots either. -The hot spot occurs because the lenses we have are optimized for visible light which means the filter and the lens clash a little bit as to what kind of light to record. -By not using the filter you should also not get the red tint- but you may still want to use a CWB. -Plus you can still use your viewfinder if the camera is converted rather than using the filter. -Hope this helps!

By: Har Rai Khalsa

Har Rai Khalsa — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 21:36:10 +0000

If you can get the full IR effect by using the R72 filter then why does anyone do the sensor conversion? Is the quality truly the same with both methods?

I have been curious about IR photography for a while–thanks for the video!

-Har Rai

By: Peter

Peter — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 09:55:59 +0000

You are THE girl Amber!
Luv the pics!
Great camera demonstration showing the IR technique, and plenty of clear info to get started, how about doing a follow up on just your post processing?
Oh did I mention I luv the pics? lol!
Kind Regards,
Peter.

By: Nathan

Nathan — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 08:12:48 +0000

Very cool work!

I had to laugh at the “I’m just excited that there are some some cute female Fstoppers out there.” statement.

Loving the site guys, keep it up!

By: Tim

Tim — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 06:47:55 +0000

Really cool to see something way outside the box. I have never thought about IR photography but this makes me interested to play around with it. The final results were pretty sweet.

As for the “cute” comment:
It may stun some “enlightened” or “progressive” people to know that most humans are not offended when someone says that they are attractive. In my experience, if someone is “put off” when you pay them a compliment, they are offended way too easeily and generally are the type who live life looking for things to be offended about.

Further, I love seeing users play political correctness police with the owner of the site, who puts so much effort into giving us great content everyday. Thank you for promulgating excessive censorship on an artistic website.

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