My home course in Infrared.

[DarkPrince]

I recently purchased an inexpensive infrared filter for my new Pentax K-5 I bought last month and have been fooling around with it around the house and town, but I just finally got to take it to the golf course today. I thought you guys might find it interesting :)

All the infrared stuff I've been messing around with can be found on my photobucket albums .

[DarkPrince]

I'll have to head back again some time and get some better ones, they just don't seem that good now that I see them a day later :/

[VMAN]

Cool!

[Eleven]

Thread title took me back in time!

[DarkPrince]

The best part in the above post is that when my email loaded the update for THR post, the links showed up in their full coding instead of highlighted/underlined words so I see that in the middle of a random off THR topic "insightful" post is 3 links to LA Asian Escorts BAHAHAHAHAHA!! XD I love spammers ^.^

[mchepp]

What software are you using to post-process? They look to be a bit over exposed, or you might play with the contrast a bit more. Still they are some really cool shots. I like the creativity.

[DarkPrince]

I'm using a mix of Adobe Lightroom and Corel Aftershot Pro, using the trials to decide which one I'll have to buy eventually. I blame it more on the filter since its a cheaper one the wood effect (glowing trees) doesn't pop as much so I somewhat have to blow them out a bit in PP :/

The other thing I've been screwing around with is the built in time lapse function on the K-5, I ran one last night from 1AM-4:15AM on the back porch last night. Just set it and went to sleep :P I didn't realize the sun lights up the sky to the point that it blows out pictures by 4:30 though lol. (watch in 720PHD if you want any detail)

[bmartin461]

Originally Posted by mchepp

What software are you using to post-process? They look to be a bit over exposed, or you might play with the contrast a bit more. Still they are some really cool shots. I like the creativity.

I agree, they need a bit more contrast to make them pop.  Any water on the course, the green on green makes things too monochromatic.

What happens if you put a polarizing filter on too?

Brad

[DarkPrince]

I don't have a circular polarizer for either my 18-55 kit lens (52mm filter ring) or my Tamron 10-24mm Wide Angle Zoom (77mm filter size). It was recommended to me that if I buy filters only buy 77 and then just buy a step up ring for the 52-77 conversion because its a lot cheaper than buying 2 of the same filters for each lens.  But a CP will do the same as it does with visible light, it will darken the sky or reduce/eliminate reflections off of water or glass, whatever it would regularly do, just that its essentially in monochrome instead of color.

[GoldenBearCub]

Love the last shot!

[Golfingdad]

Originally Posted by DarkPrince

I'll have to head back again some time and get some better ones, they just don't seem that good now that I see them a day later :/

Maybe the first couple, but that third one is fantastic.

[BuckeyeNut]

Nice....it looks like winter except the trees arent bare.

[DarkPrince]

Went out today after a horrid mens league round to try a few more shots. Lighting was dismal since the sky was partly cloudy. It was also at sundown (IR works best at brightest points during the day so roughly 9AM-6PM) so it was hard not to have the sky look washed out white :/

Nature area between parts of the course.

18mm, ISO 400, 15.0 Seconds, F/10.0

Bridge connecting inner/outer parts of North Course

18mm, ISO 400, 15.0 Seconds, F/10.0