False color infrared flowers

June 23, 2024 by Howard Dale Posted in Flowers, Infrared, Nature Leave a comment

Continuing with my explorations of infrared photography. As I was nearing Sleepy Hollow after my walk around the Rockefeller State Park Preserve, I walked by a number of houses many of them with flowers growing in their gardens. So, I thought I should try what effect false infrared photography had on flowers.

I like some of the results, especially the one above. In fact, the only one I don’t like much is the last one, but that might well be my fault. Maybe I didn’t process it correctly.

Taken with a Sony F828 and fixed Zeiss 28-200mm f2-2.8

False infrared self-portrait

June 19, 2024 by Howard Dale Posted in Infrared, Portrait Leave a comment

Freaky. Makes me look like a zombie! Don’t think I’ll be doing much of this type of photography. Although to be fair it was taken quickly, indoors, in low-light conditions with a 10-year-old camera.

Taken with a Sony F828 and fixed Zeiss 28-200mm f2-2.8

Still More False Color Infrared

June 12, 2024 by Howard Dale Posted in Infrared, Landscapes Leave a comment

The other day I went out on a gorgeous day for a three hour walk in the nearby Rockefeller State Park Preserve. I enjoyed my walk immensely, and feel that, slowly but surely, I’m making progress with this genre of photography.

For more examples of this type of photography take a look at my website, here.

Taken with a Sony F828 and fixed Zeiss 28-200mm f2-2.8

First attempts at false color infrared photography

July 15, 2023 by Howard Dale Posted in Infrared, Landscapes Leave a comment

Up until now my attempts at infrared photography have focused on black and white. This time I thought I give false color infrared a try.

I don’t really know much about this method, and I’m not sure that it really appeals to me. Still, it’s early days. With practice, maybe I’ll get to like it more.

Taken with a Sony F828 and fixed Zeiss 28-200mm f2-2.8

Trying out Infrared Photography – Second and Third Attempts

June 10, 2023 by Howard Dale Posted in Around the Neighborhood, Black & White, Buildings/Structures, Infrared, Landscapes Leave a comment

Briarcliff Lodge Pond, Briarcliff Manor, May 2023

I’d been reading extensively about infrared photography, and was now more comfortable – comfortable, but not yet good. I had a least figured out how to create a custom white balance using the Adobe DNG Profile Editor.

So I went for a walk around my neighborhood. The weather was not really the best for infrared photography. It was very cloudy, and only rarely did the sun appear. I became convinced that the pictures would be no good and decided to go back the same locations in better light and do them all again. As it turned out I quite liked the pictures taken on the cloudy day. So this batch includes a mixture of pictures from both the second and third attempts.