Digital infrared photography is quite the process, lol. In a nutshell, you need a DSLR (a point and shoot doesn't have the capabilities needed for infrared photography), an infrared filter for your lens, and a camera that can take a custom white balance.
Essentially, you put on the filter (which is a dark, dark opaque reddish filter) and "measure" the white balance of something green, which sets green as white. Then, you take the filter off, compose your shot, and then put the filter back on. It requires a really long shutter speed, which is how you get whooshy cloudes (like this (http://kalbaxecnailla.deviantart.com/gallery/#/d1hvtsw)) or smooth water (like this (http://kalbaxecnailla.deviantart.com/gallery/#/d10zo56)) because you have to get enough light into the camera.
Then there are a lot of digital processes you have to do, because after you actually TAKE the photo, it's going to come out looking really drab and stupid, so you have to do a bunch of Photoshop magic to get it to look white and full.
If you're REALLY curious, here is a tutorial I wrote about it: HERE (http://kalbaxecnailla.deviantart.com/gallery/#/d112h6j)
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Date: 2010-06-21 02:40 am (UTC)Digital infrared photography is quite the process, lol. In a nutshell, you need a DSLR (a point and shoot doesn't have the capabilities needed for infrared photography), an infrared filter for your lens, and a camera that can take a custom white balance.
Essentially, you put on the filter (which is a dark, dark opaque reddish filter) and "measure" the white balance of something green, which sets green as white. Then, you take the filter off, compose your shot, and then put the filter back on. It requires a really long shutter speed, which is how you get whooshy cloudes (like this (http://kalbaxecnailla.deviantart.com/gallery/#/d1hvtsw)) or smooth water (like this (http://kalbaxecnailla.deviantart.com/gallery/#/d10zo56)) because you have to get enough light into the camera.
Then there are a lot of digital processes you have to do, because after you actually TAKE the photo, it's going to come out looking really drab and stupid, so you have to do a bunch of Photoshop magic to get it to look white and full.
If you're REALLY curious, here is a tutorial I wrote about it: HERE (http://kalbaxecnailla.deviantart.com/gallery/#/d112h6j)
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