Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/01/08
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Go get 'im, Len! :-) Leonard Taupier wrote: > But, Hoppy. That's cheating. You need the thrill of trying to salvage > that under exposed frame or trying to figure out where to adjust your > focus. When you're finished you have the satisfaction of knowing that > you did it all and not the trick of a computer program. I must admit it > is fun though. > > Len > > > On Oct 20, 2006, at 11:24 AM, G Hopkinson wrote: > >> Jim, those are striking and impressive. My favourites are the bubbles. >> I don't have any experience with the infrared film, but you could >> certainly achieve this look, too with conventional film and >> Photoshop (channel mixer) if you wanted to experiment. >> Cheers >> Hoppy >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: lug-bounces+hoppyman=bigpond.net.au@leica-users.org >> [mailto:lug-bounces+hoppyman=bigpond.net.au@leica-users.org] On >> Behalf Of >> Jim Hemenway >> Sent: Friday, 20 October 2006 23:10 >> To: Leica Users Group >> Subject: [Leica] Infrared ans autumn >> >> Hi Folks: >> >> At the end of September I loaded up my newly acquired "vintage" Pentax >> MX with some Konica Infrared film to see what kind of results would come >> out of shooting autumn foliage in infrared. >> >> For my tastes, infrared film does best when used in the spring/ summer on >> green foliage, which it renders as a ghostly white or light gray, at the >> same time it usually renders those dark blue afternoon skies as black or >> dark gray. >> >> I attended a wedding on Mount Desert Island in Maine on September 30th, >> about 260 miles from where I live, and the next morning I took some >> photos at Acadia National Park on the island and later one of what's >> left of Sherman Lake in Newcastle Maine, about halfway home. >> >> There was an actual lake there for most of the last century but when we >> had all that rain a year ago, the dam which formed the lake was washed >> away. >> >> Groton, where I took the barn photo is about 25 miles west of where I >> live. >> >> Here's the photos: >> http://www.half-fast.com/AcadiaInfrared-Oct2006/ >> >> >> As you can see from this batch, the autumn foliage doesn't present as >> "ghostly" as does the earlier leaves. >> >> Jim >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >