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Mount Lorne in Infrared + Colour
I have been experimenting with a Hoya R72 infrared filter on my lenses this summer. My biases lean strongly towards colour photography and none of my monochrome conversions of infrared images have inspired me much, but a week of very rainy weather has seen me trying other things with them in Photoshop. Here, I have blended the colour from a regular RGB exposure into a b&w version taken with the infrared filter. The hues and saturation did not translate well to the different tonality of the infrared image and insipid pastels seemed inappropriate for the hazeless clarity that infrared renders, so the colours have been heavily tweaked. The K10D strongly attenuates the infrared spectrum so exposure times with the filter are long, 30 seconds in this case, and motion in the clouds is evident. Cloud movement complicated blending of the images and necessitated more manipulation. The final result thus is remote from the original component images. Such attempts to remanufacture reality tend to be dicey and I can’t decide whether I love or hate this creation. For better or worse, I put it out here for your reaction.
Pentax K10D, Kiron 105mm f/2.8 Macro @ f/9.5, 30s with Hoya R72 / 1/250s unfiltered
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