Infrared Cloud

[Shellie Dallas]

I am new to BPN and somewhat new to photography as well. A friend directed me to this site and I must say I am thrilled with the information and photos available to me. I was even more thrilled to see an IR thread. I have a Nikon D40X converted to IR from Lifepixel and love it. I enjoy taking pics of clouds so I thought I would go ahead and post.....please feel free to critique and give any suggestions because again I am kind of new to all of this! This shot was taken with my 18-200mm VR, at 170mm, ISO 100, f/16.:)

[Alfred Forns]

Big Welcome Shellie !!! Might be new to photography but do have a good eye for composition !!! like the framing might suggest a little more

Clouds look good and dramatic Can increase the contrast a bit more and they will really pop One easy way is to use the lasso toll and select the area you want to darken but before doing anything feather by 50 or more pixels. Will give you a natural result. Might wan to repeat to other areas !!! If the selection is not very large you might want to feather by less !!!

[Shellie Dallas]

Thanks Alfred for the welcome and the tip! I can get around CS3 to do the basics, and I will try your suggestion!

[Oscar Zangroniz]

Welcome Shellie. I too have a Nikon D70 ir converted and have posted some ir photos on this thread. Nice to see you join. Will post some more of my shots as soon as I have some free time and take some new ones. Love your composition on this one.
Regards,

[Shellie Dallas]

Thanks Oscar! Can't wait to see some of your images!

[Fabs Forns]

Big welcome, Shellie, love the colors on this image. I'll be getting my converted D200 tomorrow :)

[Shellie Dallas]

Thank you Fabs!!! I love your work!!! I didnt think that I cared for the lensbaby much until I saw what you do with it!!! AWESOME!!! You definitely have a very unique style all your own!!!! You have inspired me! I can't wait to see your IR! Hae you done IR before??? If this is something new for you I would love to follow along and learn with you. I have only been doing photography for about 1 year so I am still a little in overload but very excited to learn!!! I enjoy macro, infrared and wildlife! Thanks for the comment! Where did you get your camera converted??

[Fabs Forns]

Thank you Fabs!!! I love your work!!! I didnt think that I cared for the lensbaby much until I saw what you do with it!!! AWESOME!!! You definitely have a very unique style all your own!!!! You have inspired me! I can't wait to see your IR! Hae you done IR before??? If this is something new for you I would love to follow along and learn with you. I have only been doing photography for about 1 year so I am still a little in overload but very excited to learn!!! I enjoy macro, infrared and wildlife! Thanks for the comment! Where did you get your camera converted??

Hi Shellie, I did IR before, with a regular 10D and a Hoya filter. Lots of work, so I'm looking forward to do it with the converted camera. Life Pixel did it for me, great customer service. They have an on-line tutorial on how to get the colors, I'll also research to come up with more stuff.
Thanks for your kind words :)

[Shellie Dallas]

Yes, Lifepixel is great! That is who I used and the tutorial is pretty good!