[Leica] Infrared ans autumn

[hoppyman at bigpond.net.au (G Hopkinson)]

Leonard, I understand the satisfaction of that approach. I think it is a 
mistake though, to regard a software darkroom as a trick or
less worthy than a chemical one. Yes you can achieve decent results fairly 
simply but it requires quite a deal of effort and skill
to do very well, Just like wet prints, really. An infrared image is not a 
natural one and needs imagination and good technique.
Everyone has their own threshold of how much manipulation is acceptable 
either to either source.
The biggie is that Jim has used a manual focus film camera with a prime 
fitted to make striking images. Absolutely commendable IMHO
;-)
Cheers
Hoppy 

-----Original Message-----
From: lug-bounces+hoppyman=bigpond.net.au@leica-users.org 
[mailto:lug-bounces+hoppyman=bigpond.net.au@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of
Leonard Taupier
Sent: Saturday, 21 October 2006 01:34
To: Leica Users Group
Subject: Re: [Leica] Infrared ans autumn

But, Hoppy. That's cheating. You need the thrill of trying to salvage  
that under exposed frame or trying to figure out where to adjust your  
focus. When you're finished you have the satisfaction of knowing that  
you did it all and not the trick of a computer program. I must admit  
it is fun though.

Len


On Oct 20, 2006, at 11:24 AM, G Hopkinson wrote:

> Jim, those are striking and impressive. My favourites are the bubbles.
> I don't have any experience with the infrared film, but you could  
> certainly achieve this look, too with conventional film and
> Photoshop (channel mixer) if you wanted to experiment.
> Cheers
> Hoppy
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: lug-bounces+hoppyman=bigpond.net.au@leica-users.org  
> [mailto:lug-bounces+hoppyman=bigpond.net.au@leica-users.org] On  
> Behalf Of
> Jim Hemenway
> Sent: Friday, 20 October 2006 23:10
> To: Leica Users Group
> Subject: [Leica] Infrared ans autumn
>
> Hi Folks:
>
> At the end of September I loaded up my newly acquired "vintage" Pentax
> MX with some Konica Infrared film to see what kind of results would  
> come
> out of shooting autumn foliage in infrared.
>
> For my tastes, infrared film does best when used in the spring/ 
> summer on
> green foliage, which it renders as a ghostly white or light gray,  
> at the
> same time it usually renders those dark blue afternoon skies as  
> black or
> dark gray.
>
> I attended a wedding on Mount Desert Island in Maine on September  
> 30th,
> about 260 miles from where I live, and the next morning I took some
> photos at Acadia National Park on the island and later one of what's
> left of Sherman Lake in Newcastle Maine, about halfway home.
>
> There was an actual lake there for most of the last century but  
> when we
> had all that rain a year ago, the dam which formed the lake was washed
> away.
>
> Groton, where I took the barn photo is about 25 miles west of where  
> I live.
>
> Here's the photos:
> http://www.half-fast.com/AcadiaInfrared-Oct2006/

>
>
> As you can see from this batch, the autumn foliage doesn't present as
> "ghostly" as does the earlier leaves.
>
> Jim
>