So after see the excellent Infra Red shots that
@Kevin Allan posted in here a little while ago, and his advice re filters etc, I took the plunge and went out to shoot my very first IR photograph.
I would have liked to have got access to the large waterfall located further downstream as atm it's quite impresive but the footpath into the gorge is VERY dangerous due to landslides etc.
As it was the descent down ( and indeed the climb back up) to obtain these shots was somewhat interesting, slippy, steep and generally unnerving carrying a heavy rucksack of LF kit!
Anyway the first frame is shot on negative film ( fomapan 100) with a 3 stop ND filter.
The second frame is on Rollei IR film rated at 200 asa ( the info on the box rates it between 200 & 400)
Using an IR filter ( cokin 89B) I allowed 3 stops compensation the developed for 10 mins in HC110 as suggested by Rollei.
The resulting negative is very dense so I think next time, rating the film at 400 and possibly reducing the developing time by a minute or so ( as suggested in the Massive Dev Chart) may give a better result.
As it is I've had to pull the highlights back considerably but I HAVE AN Infra Rouge IMAGE
It's far from being a "keeper" but for a first attempt I'm quite pleased to have any image at all.
I might add that both images were shot at F/16 and even though I had read up on focusing differences for IR, I forgot to implement the adjustment:banghead:
Anyway, what do you guys think?.....I'm not asking for critique as such but any pointers that might help next time are always welcome
1.
2.