Infrared Marco Photography - Is IR only for Landscape photographers?

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@SteveIrvine-qv1zs 3 ай бұрын

With my IR modified camera (Canon 50D) I have set a custom white balance using a photograph of a sunlit patch of grass as the calibration image. Photographs produced using the custom WB come out of the camera needing very little adjustment with a photo editor. It's a simpler approach that doesn't require adjustments with colour channels, etc. Infrared macro photography sounds intriguing with lots of possibilities, and I hope Adaptalux will do more to develop the idea.

@Adaptalux 3 ай бұрын

Really useful tip, that's certainly a great alternative to all the post processing. Is there a way to invert the colours too, seems like that would be too much for in-camera processing?

@steveirvine9488 3 ай бұрын

@@AdaptaluxSome fine tuning is usually done in an image editor. I have several presets in PS that can be applied to an image.

@LuizVictorBragattoCustodio 3 ай бұрын

there is a lot of nice different constrast stuff that can be photographed using 850nm wavelenght light source or more. you don't necessarily need color. just go full b&w that is not an issue... i have shot the tiny veins in the palm of my hands using 850nm filters, i shone 850nm flashlight through my hand and photographed all the veins and arteries (had to do it piece by piece, and fit the photos together to make the entire hand), but it was incredible the result.I have shone IR light on my paintings, pastel pantings, and there are some pigments that are lighter and darkerd, different from visible, even in near UVA it is different... i am sure there are lots of use for IR in macro, you just need to find the right stuff, it is not just leaves and colors. And also... there is no need to channel swap in photoshop. you can do it directly in camera raw. just make a mask selecting everything, and go in the hue wheel and make a 180º turn

@lonniepaulson7031 3 ай бұрын

Back in the days of film I used to shoot Kodak Infrared Ektachrome film. The foliage was always magenta color. I don't like infrared color from modern digital cameras. However, they do a good job with black-and-white infrared. I hope someday film manufacturers would bring back a film like Kodak Infrared Ektachrome. I wish I would have shot more of this film. The United States military used to use this film to pick out hidden enemy military tanks that were camouflaged to the normal eye sight, with color infrared film these military tanks were easily separated from the magenta foliage.

@Adaptalux 3 ай бұрын

That's a really interesting fact about early IR military applications! A hyper colour filter still produces magenta foliage, this super colour is just one of several choices of filter that creates the yellow and red, maybe that's the modern equivalent you're looking for?

@MrKayFisher 3 ай бұрын

What specific filter were you using?

@Adaptalux 3 ай бұрын

590nm equivalent Super Colour Filter from Life Pixel.

@PeterMcClelland 3 ай бұрын

You were relying on a subject that has one type of infrared reflectence. If you photographed a variety of materials you should have a variety of infrared reflectence. For example an oil painting - different colours and different brands of oil paint will reflect infrared differently. Some black paint will reflect little infrared and other black paint will look white because it reflects more infrared. It’s a hidden universe.

@Adaptalux 3 ай бұрын

Hey Peter, thanks for the info. I'm vaguely aware of the use of IR for investigating paintings and determining the composition of the paint, but it's quite a narrow field. Do you know of anything else that would appeal more to the average macro photographer?

@LuizVictorBragattoCustodio 3 ай бұрын

btw... don't put infrared flashlights directly into your eyes, they may be invisible, but they definitly make something in the eye... i did for a period of time and i was left with a strange spot in my vision, luckly it disapeard lol. but it was a strong flashlight though. if you have dark eye (iris) it gets kind of white under infrared, and your pupils get highly dilated in the dark, you can do it in the dark and still see in the camera lcd, and photograph your pupils dilated

@PhillipMcCallum 3 ай бұрын

Interesting video, thanks

@Adaptalux 3 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching!

@johnreed8305 2 ай бұрын

Thankyou. very interesting. I HAVE A QUESTION i HAVE ASKED A FEW TIMES BEFORE , WITH no ANSWER. hERE IT IS wHEN IS THE NW DESIGNED fLASH eMMITER, i HAVE A FLASH UNIT THAT i CANNOT USE TILL i GET A NEW eMMITER. please help me. tHANK yOU. JOHN rEED.

@Adaptalux 2 ай бұрын

Hi John, the new flash system will be ready early next year.

@patrickraymondnowotny2085 3 ай бұрын

It seems you need to try a group of objects with different colors instead of a solid green leaf. Just like in nature.

@Adaptalux 3 ай бұрын

The trouble with macro is that most objects at 1:1 magnification tend to become quite uniform. If we go further out to capture multiple objects and variety in colour, it's not going to be macro any more. Having said that. If you check out the blog post linked in the description, we did try a wider shot of flowers too and the results were similar. Maybe there's some macro subjects out there that would look interesting in IR, but we're not aware of them, any suggestions?

@zedpassway4140 2 ай бұрын

@@Adaptalux see above. The subject has to have the right combination of colors: dark blue, purple, yellow, and orange. Then the colors change when you lower the color temperatures to a pleasing mixture that actually looks kind of demonic. Others are mush. I’ve tried many of them.