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Hi, it's been a few years since I've been on Talk Photography (a few people may remember me...). I've not been doing much photography for the past 4-5 years because of the stresses of my PhD, but I've recently finished a roll of Rollei Infrared film that somebody on here gave me a few years ago and I'd had in the freezer. These pictures were taken over a month or so about 16 months ago, although I only finished the roll about 6 weeks ago. The camera was a Pentax Spotmatic F and all of these are taken with either a Pentax SMC Takumar 55 mm F1.8 or an SMC Takumar 28 mm F3.5 lens with a Hoya R72 filter (with one exception). The processing and scanning was by AG Photolab and I've only made some minor straightening/cropping and levels adjustments along with resizing. I also have non-IR photos from the same roll and I'll post some of those up as well shortly in another thread.
What do you all think? This was the first time that I had ever done reflected IR photography, a surprising amount actually came out very well aside from these selected few. The earlier few are metered at ISO 320 and assume a 4 stop reduction from the R72, while the later ones are metered at 250 or 200 (probably closer to the films real speed based on the reduced grain compared to 320) and for a few I added an extra stop on for the filter (I didn't record exactly which ones unfortunately). I'll put up a link to the rest on my OneDrive at some point. Comments/critique are very welcome!
Looking toward Dundee Law from Balgay Hillside
Lochee, Coxes Stack and the old Camperdown Works Jute Mill from Balgay Hillside
Self-portrait in Balgay Park Woodland
Looking on toward Balgay, Blackness and up the Tay from Dundee Law - reflected IR and normal photo (through an orange filter) for comparison
(Note that this is in effect a reverse shot of the first image posted, which was taken from the large grass area on the side of Balgay Hill).
View from Dundee Law of the Tay Bridge, Dundee University and Dudhope
Lochee and into the Distance from Dundee Law
Looking on Toward Broughty Ferry and out to the North Sea from Dundee Law
What do you all think? This was the first time that I had ever done reflected IR photography, a surprising amount actually came out very well aside from these selected few. The earlier few are metered at ISO 320 and assume a 4 stop reduction from the R72, while the later ones are metered at 250 or 200 (probably closer to the films real speed based on the reduced grain compared to 320) and for a few I added an extra stop on for the filter (I didn't record exactly which ones unfortunately). I'll put up a link to the rest on my OneDrive at some point. Comments/critique are very welcome!
Looking toward Dundee Law from Balgay Hillside
Lochee, Coxes Stack and the old Camperdown Works Jute Mill from Balgay Hillside
Self-portrait in Balgay Park Woodland
Looking on toward Balgay, Blackness and up the Tay from Dundee Law - reflected IR and normal photo (through an orange filter) for comparison
(Note that this is in effect a reverse shot of the first image posted, which was taken from the large grass area on the side of Balgay Hill).
View from Dundee Law of the Tay Bridge, Dundee University and Dudhope
Lochee and into the Distance from Dundee Law
Looking on Toward Broughty Ferry and out to the North Sea from Dundee Law
