This is the third and last IR shot I'll be posting – until I can get my hands on an IR filter of my own – and of the three I think it's probably my favourite, though the first one I posted does come a close second.
In terms of this technique: I wont reiterate the points I made in my previous entry – you can read through it if you're interested in finding out a bit more about using an IR filter – but I will say that this is definitely something I'll try again, not least because it does produce shots that would be very difficult to achieve using standard post-processing techniques on a non-IR shot.
And while I mentioned that this one is probably my favourite, do let me know which of the three you like best.
Update: I've posted a link to the original IR shot here:
On an unrelated matter: thanks for all the great feedback on my recent interview with Scott Anderson from foliopodcast.com (both via email and twitter). If you haven't had a chance to listen to it yet, and you're interested in hearing a bit more about my thoughts on blogging, photography, and social networking, you can do so here:
comment by Mike at 04:33 AM (GMT) on 22 June, 2009
Wow! I'm completely in love with this.
comment byRaymond Douglas at 04:35 AM (GMT) on 22 June, 2009
Beautiful shot. The tones and contrast amazing. I wish central California had clouds like that all of the time.
comment by Carlos Garcia at 04:36 AM (GMT) on 22 June, 2009
WOW! The ship looks like the carcass of some wooden creature. I would love to see the original. This is my favorite... the wooden creature was stranded on the blistering landscape... the background sky is amazing!
Carlos
comment byMichael Leonard at 04:47 AM (GMT) on 22 June, 2009
This is my favorite one, David. I love the colors. And the detail is spectacular!
comment byBuonaluce at 05:07 AM (GMT) on 22 June, 2009
Holy Moly! You've been to Mars! I like this one too but I reckon I prefer the first one- I think its the 'other worldliness' of the mono IR. But what the heck, they are both interesting and arresting images
comment byEugene at 05:27 AM (GMT) on 22 June, 2009
I like this concluding photograph, except that I think the shadows in this particular case are too deep (for example, I can't tell where the remains of the wreck end and the shadow begins, especially for the portion on the left side of the frame). I definitely prefer the second entry in this three part series because I think that shot is most dramatic of the three.
comment byMirko Herzner at 06:39 AM (GMT) on 22 June, 2009
That's easy: This one is best. Perspective, details and colors make this so very special. Well done!
comment byCraig at 06:42 AM (GMT) on 22 June, 2009
I think this is a fantastic result, colour and tones are gorgeous. I'd be very hard pushed to choose between this and the first one, I'd hang them both on my wall! The interview I found very interesting and inspiring in many ways.
comment by1meter89 at 06:43 AM (GMT) on 22 June, 2009
Impressive this time the IR filter effect...Looks as if it was the carcass of Noah's Ark. To me this is the best.
comment byRichard Hollins at 10:33 AM (GMT) on 22 June, 2009
This is an extraordinary shot. It looks like something from a science fiction film.
comment byBrooks at 12:06 PM (GMT) on 22 June, 2009
wonderful, these are usually tones you don't often implement. in fact, the last one I can remember was the ferry/crane shot, but it works so well here. It reminds me of a dinorsaur fossil (maybe the "bad side" from the Lion King, ha).
comment byThatch at 12:13 PM (GMT) on 22 June, 2009
Just stunning Dave. Just love the whole dead thing on a dried up landscape you have going here :) Hope you get your own IR filter soon as this set is great and made me rethink how i use mine :) I think this shot is by far the best one. All the best.
comment byTed Szukalski at 12:57 PM (GMT) on 22 June, 2009
David, many of your photos are "too sweet" but this one is certainly full of drama.
comment byFuranku at 01:37 PM (GMT) on 22 June, 2009
Spectacular! Gorgeous! Apocalyptic! And other words that I fail to think about....
However, I wonder what you exactly mean when you mention that this result could hardly be achieved without an IR-shot. Could you be more specific??
Eugene: I did try a version where more of the shadow detail was visible, but ended up preferring this version.
simonGman: you arrange it, I'll shoot it :)
Michael Toye / Furanku: I could have shot this without an IR filter, and achieved a fairly similar end result, but it would have been difficult as the tonal balance would have been completely different; i.e. the sky would have been close to being overexposed and the shadow detail in the foreground would have been completely blocked. Because I used the IR filter though, the contrast in the sky is a lot higher and the luminance ratio between the sky and foreground is more even.
Remarkable and inspiring. Of the three, I like this one best. Your photos make me want to go out and shoot something. Oddly, I can't quite seem to get the same awe-inspiring shots from my wee Panny point & shoot. I'm just a beginner photographer. A nice dSLR is in my future, hopefully sooner than later.
Dave
comment byJacques at 03:14 PM (GMT) on 22 June, 2009
A post-nuke shot ! I love it.
I don't think you spent a LOT of time post-processing it, but the result is more like a piece of digital art created in Photoshop than a photo (this is not a critic, only an observation) . Is that what you wanted to get ?
Jacques: post-processing IR shots is a bit of a new thing for me, so I wasn't really sure what I wanted to achieve with this one other than that I was hoping for something fairly dramatic. In that sense, I'm happy with how it turned out.
My favorite of the IR series. The sky is fantastic. Love it with the black background.
comment byStephan at 06:33 PM (GMT) on 22 June, 2009
Breathtaking! My favourate of the three. Wow. Reminds me of a cadaver as well.
And this is somewhere near Blackpool I reckon?
comment byDave Carrington at 08:39 PM (GMT) on 22 June, 2009
Good to see you revisiting the wrecks once again, Dave. You have produced yet another slant on them with some well considered PP: hope you've crossed Alistair's palm with silver for access to his wrecks! :-):-)...
comment bypernilla at 09:10 PM (GMT) on 22 June, 2009
amazing! like the colours and composition. looks like a carcass from som stranded wooden creature.
comment byDan Kaufman at 02:08 AM (GMT) on 23 June, 2009
yes this one is my fave of the IR set. It's not just the IR though, it's your masterful hand at toning! intriguingly well done.
and thanks for the link to the podcast. Just listened to the entire 41 minutes. a bit inspirational at times!
comment byThe Obvious at 04:10 AM (GMT) on 23 June, 2009
hats off, David ;). It is because of shots like this one that I keep coming back.
Titus
comment by Chris at 04:48 AM (GMT) on 23 June, 2009
Excellent IR set, I enjoyed all three of them but the second image was my least favorite. Excellent choice of colors for toning. I hope to see more IR processed images in the future. Dave, have you ever tried applying a IR effect to a normal capture image using photoshop? Does the PS effect come close to what is captured when using an IR camera filter?
Chris
comment by Sean Porter at 01:04 PM (GMT) on 23 June, 2009
YES! this one is my favorite. i have just watched the pod cast on Making The Web Work for You. and you guys truly have insprired me as a 16 yr old student to get out there and see what i can do.
I have really enjoyed this series David. Very well done, and very creative. I also just finished the podcast and I must say that I really enjoyed it. Thanks for putting that up.
Regards,
Dave
comment bychiara at 07:26 PM (GMT) on 23 June, 2009
Stunning!!!!! I love the color tones! Warm, hot, dry.
Love it
comment byVincent at 08:05 PM (GMT) on 23 June, 2009
Ok, this one is probably my favourite of the series. It has actually the power of a B&W, with stunning colors in addition. You went just as far into the treatment, more would have been too much in my opinion! Good job!
comment byNicki at 08:36 PM (GMT) on 23 June, 2009
Hi David, I'm interested in the Exif's - is it possible that you post it? Cheers ...
comment byJide Alakija at 12:45 AM (GMT) on 24 June, 2009
Must have been a really blue sky! Nice work on the light too.
comment byAlice at 01:47 AM (GMT) on 24 June, 2009
Fantastic shot! Great detail and beautiful color.
comment byEnric at 01:19 PM (GMT) on 24 June, 2009
stunning image !, it's possible to use this filter without modify the camera body ?
comment byJoe Roback at 08:34 PM (GMT) on 24 June, 2009
incredible and inspiring :-)
comment byBob Towery at 11:59 PM (GMT) on 24 June, 2009
Truly amazing imagery. You are a real inspiration for us. I prefer #1 and #3 over #2, and would choose #1 as my favorite. I feel like i have to start over with my photography skills!
comment by lightweaver at 02:24 PM (GMT) on 26 June, 2009
The blend of striated and poignant contrast of light media, along with subject matter used, makes this photo worth commenting on. While I have an interest in photography, I do better viewing and commenting. I would favour this one in particular as being award-winning, though the other IR photos I viewed were equally well-done and worthy of praise.
comment byPhilB at 06:21 PM (GMT) on 26 June, 2009
Definitely my favourite of the three. Love the colouring and lighting and the fact that you find yourself almost squinting into the sun.
Love this, IR has really worked well on this one. I never really got what IR filters did that you couldn't achieve with post processing but this sort of answers that. Love it, great colour as well.
comment byJennifer at 04:20 PM (GMT) on 30 June, 2009
Very interesting, I love how the post-processing brings it to life, your skills show perfectly in this picture.
comment by Steve at 08:40 AM (GMT) on 3 July, 2009
I've really enjoyed this series on the derelict boat - feel somewhat inspired now to go and find some similar in the estuary near us. Thanks for the educational element you provide - you've helped us to see new possibilities with this kind of shot.
This is the third and last IR shot I'll be posting – until I can get my hands on an IR filter of my own – and of the three I think it's probably my favourite, though the first one I posted does come a close second.
In terms of this technique: I wont reiterate the points I made in my previous entry – you can read through it if you're interested in finding out a bit more about using an IR filter – but I will say that this is definitely something I'll try again, not least because it does produce shots that would be very difficult to achieve using standard post-processing techniques on a non-IR shot.
And while I mentioned that this one is probably my favourite, do let me know which of the three you like best.
Update: I've posted a link to the original IR shot here:
.../archives/wyre_wreck_18.php
On an unrelated matter: thanks for all the great feedback on my recent interview with Scott Anderson from foliopodcast.com (both via email and twitter). If you haven't had a chance to listen to it yet, and you're interested in hearing a bit more about my thoughts on blogging, photography, and social networking, you can do so here:
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Wow! I'm completely in love with this.
Beautiful shot. The tones and contrast amazing. I wish central California had clouds like that all of the time.
WOW! The ship looks like the carcass of some wooden creature. I would love to see the original. This is my favorite... the wooden creature was stranded on the blistering landscape... the background sky is amazing!
Carlos
This is my favorite one, David. I love the colors. And the detail is spectacular!
Gorgeous.
Holy Moly! You've been to Mars! I like this one too but I reckon I prefer the first one- I think its the 'other worldliness' of the mono IR. But what the heck, they are both interesting and arresting images
I like this concluding photograph, except that I think the shadows in this particular case are too deep (for example, I can't tell where the remains of the wreck end and the shadow begins, especially for the portion on the left side of the frame). I definitely prefer the second entry in this three part series because I think that shot is most dramatic of the three.
That's easy: This one is best. Perspective, details and colors make this so very special. Well done!
I think this is a fantastic result, colour and tones are gorgeous. I'd be very hard pushed to choose between this and the first one, I'd hang them both on my wall! The interview I found very interesting and inspiring in many ways.
Wow, cool colour and contrast!
This is definitely the best of the three for me, not least because of the perfect toning coice.
Spectacular - I'm going out now to buy an IR filter :-)
This looks like something from Alien, or a fish, or something else organic - definitely not a boring old ship !!!
Great capture and processing Dave. It is like a carcass in the Arizona desert, now there's an idea for a future project.
I do like this shot, but an IR filter is not really necessary to achieve this.
wonderful capture! beautiful composition and colours!
Impressive this time the IR filter effect...Looks as if it was the carcass of Noah's Ark. To me this is the best.
This is an extraordinary shot. It looks like something from a science fiction film.
wonderful, these are usually tones you don't often implement. in fact, the last one I can remember was the ferry/crane shot, but it works so well here. It reminds me of a dinorsaur fossil (maybe the "bad side" from the Lion King, ha).
Just stunning Dave. Just love the whole dead thing on a dried up landscape you have going here :) Hope you get your own IR filter soon as this set is great and made me rethink how i use mine :) I think this shot is by far the best one. All the best.
David, many of your photos are "too sweet" but this one is certainly full of drama.
Spectacular! Gorgeous! Apocalyptic! And other words that I fail to think about....
However, I wonder what you exactly mean when you mention that this result could hardly be achieved without an IR-shot. Could you be more specific??
Thanks all.
Eugene: I did try a version where more of the shadow detail was visible, but ended up preferring this version.
simonGman: you arrange it, I'll shoot it :)
Michael Toye / Furanku: I could have shot this without an IR filter, and achieved a fairly similar end result, but it would have been difficult as the tonal balance would have been completely different; i.e. the sky would have been close to being overexposed and the shadow detail in the foreground would have been completely blocked. Because I used the IR filter though, the contrast in the sky is a lot higher and the luminance ratio between the sky and foreground is more even.
Remarkable and inspiring. Of the three, I like this one best. Your photos make me want to go out and shoot something. Oddly, I can't quite seem to get the same awe-inspiring shots from my wee Panny point & shoot. I'm just a beginner photographer. A nice dSLR is in my future, hopefully sooner than later.
Dave
A post-nuke shot ! I love it.
I don't think you spent a LOT of time post-processing it, but the result is more like a piece of digital art created in Photoshop than a photo (this is not a critic, only an observation) . Is that what you wanted to get ?
Jacques: post-processing IR shots is a bit of a new thing for me, so I wasn't really sure what I wanted to achieve with this one other than that I was hoping for something fairly dramatic. In that sense, I'm happy with how it turned out.
My favorite of the IR series. The sky is fantastic. Love it with the black background.
Breathtaking! My favourate of the three. Wow. Reminds me of a cadaver as well.
And this is somewhere near Blackpool I reckon?
Good to see you revisiting the wrecks once again, Dave. You have produced yet another slant on them with some well considered PP: hope you've crossed Alistair's palm with silver for access to his wrecks! :-):-)...
amazing! like the colours and composition. looks like a carcass from som stranded wooden creature.
yes this one is my fave of the IR set. It's not just the IR though, it's your masterful hand at toning! intriguingly well done.
and thanks for the link to the podcast. Just listened to the entire 41 minutes. a bit inspirational at times!
hats off, David ;). It is because of shots like this one that I keep coming back.
Titus
Excellent IR set, I enjoyed all three of them but the second image was my least favorite. Excellent choice of colors for toning. I hope to see more IR processed images in the future. Dave, have you ever tried applying a IR effect to a normal capture image using photoshop? Does the PS effect come close to what is captured when using an IR camera filter?
Chris
YES! this one is my favorite. i have just watched the pod cast on Making The Web Work for You. and you guys truly have insprired me as a 16 yr old student to get out there and see what i can do.
So thank you
I have really enjoyed this series David. Very well done, and very creative. I also just finished the podcast and I must say that I really enjoyed it. Thanks for putting that up.
Regards,
Dave
Stunning!!!!! I love the color tones! Warm, hot, dry.
Love it
Ok, this one is probably my favourite of the series. It has actually the power of a B&W, with stunning colors in addition. You went just as far into the treatment, more would have been too much in my opinion! Good job!
Hi David, I'm interested in the Exif's - is it possible that you post it? Cheers ...
Must have been a really blue sky! Nice work on the light too.
Fantastic shot! Great detail and beautiful color.
stunning image !, it's possible to use this filter without modify the camera body ?
incredible and inspiring :-)
Truly amazing imagery. You are a real inspiration for us. I prefer #1 and #3 over #2, and would choose #1 as my favorite. I feel like i have to start over with my photography skills!
The blend of striated and poignant contrast of light media, along with subject matter used, makes this photo worth commenting on. While I have an interest in photography, I do better viewing and commenting. I would favour this one in particular as being award-winning, though the other IR photos I viewed were equally well-done and worthy of praise.
Definitely my favourite of the three. Love the colouring and lighting and the fact that you find yourself almost squinting into the sun.
Very much dead bones on some dry, barren planet.
Great work.
Incredible! I love the deep contrast making for a very dramatic image.
Love this, IR has really worked well on this one. I never really got what IR filters did that you couldn't achieve with post processing but this sort of answers that. Love it, great colour as well.
Apocalyptic and brilliant!
Very interesting, I love how the post-processing brings it to life, your skills show perfectly in this picture.
I've really enjoyed this series on the derelict boat - feel somewhat inspired now to go and find some similar in the estuary near us. Thanks for the educational element you provide - you've helped us to see new possibilities with this kind of shot.
Love the colour and contrast here. Awesome shot with detail.
Amazing shot. Impressive.
-Michael
Apocalypse now!
wow. it reminds me to some paintings of salvador dali. perfect!!!
Wow. Just wow.
My admiration/jealousy for your skill/talent is bordering on hate/resentment. LOL!