Infrared hillsides
This past weekend Scott Kelby did a quick Photoshop quick tips session at the Detroit Mac Group presentation. He managed to pack in quite a bit to an entertaining hour and a half. (If you keep an eye on the link above, the video of the session should be posted soon).
Although he wasn’t plugging Nik filters, he did mention he liked Color Efex for some of his landscapes. Since I had already tried Silver Efex and liked it, I thought I would give Color Efex a trial run. I liked the infrared preset for a few landscapes I was working on. Although this preset also appears in Sliver Efex, the one in Color Efex takes on a different look which I found more appealing. It took on the ethereal glow I was used to with actual infrared images.
I used to experiment quite a bit with actual infrared photography when I was using my D2H because it was particularly sensitive to that spectrum. I thought it was quite cool to be making photographs from no visible light. Filters over the later camera sensors tend to filter out most of infrared, making it much more difficult without a special dedicated camera that has been modified. Applying a filter after the fact for sure isn’t quite the same, in experience or results, but I liked the effect nonetheless.
I was surprised to learn about infrared photography with digital cameras. How cool is that? Unfortunately I haven’t had time to play with it myself yet.
Thanks guys.
Earl, yeah, I have a lot of plugins I wish were 64 bit.
Mark, I’d probably say NIK Color Efex is one of my more used plugins. I certainly don’t use all it’s filters (there’s some wild ones) but I’ve found the brush mode, which creates a mask to allowed varied strenghts and effects, to be very useful. I just wish NIK would get Color Efex converted to 64-bit MAC.
Mark, NIK Color Efex is probably one of my more used plugins. I certainly don’t use all it’s filters regularly but I’ve found the brush mode, which creates a mask to allowed varied strenghts and effects, to be very useful. I just wish NIK would get Color Efex converted to 64-bit MAC.
Love the sky in this image, Mark. I have not played with any of the NIK software but I sure am interested in the upcoming HDR package they are promoting.