False Colour IR (swapping Red/Blue Channels on Original Raw File)
Mono Conversion
The photographer is looking for thoughtful feedback on the image as a whole, especially around the areas noted below.
About This Image
Ok - trying to finesse the process and output.
Butterflies don’t stay put for long - so patience is required.
Infrared main difference is foliage goes white and skies go dark.
So far subjects have been unwilling to silhouette themselves - would love a large white against a IR darkened sky.
In this colourful macro world I want to use monochrome where it works best in showing something beautiful in new ways.
If you shoot in raw you can play with false colour - basically taking a file with the red end of the spectrum and swap the red and blue channels of the RGB. so you get blues and whites instead of red and whites. You can tweak the colours and colour grade all you like.
I have included a mono copy to compare.
Which do you prefer?
I always have difficulty deciding on how light or dark the subjects need to be - I do like high key images!
Feedback Requested
Is this worth pursuing ? Is it interesting.
Focus is really difficult and although my set up has autofocus, and mirrorless should be at the plane of the sensor and adjustments done via the actual image the sensor records I haven’t been happy with it.
Technical Details
Camera: Sony 5100 - Full spectrum IR Convert
Lens: Sony 90 mm g OSS with 720 NM IR filter
Focal length: 90mm
Shutter speed: 1/160
Aperture: f/14
ISO: 500
Flash: None
Raw Processed in Topaz Photo - gentle sharpening
Mono Convert done in Silver Effex - just because I can control so many tone and structure variables
Given a slight Platinum toning (cause I love Platinum Palladium prints)
Burst mode - Manual focus
I want to try flash but it would mean triggering an external slave flash by the on camera pop up - and I’m not convinced I have enough hands