My first successful IR shot

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Armen Gharib
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My first successful IR shot

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Hi

Here is my first and to my opinion successful IR shoot.
I tried with variety of lenses but the Doctor's 28mm minolta on my A700 accompanied with 720 nm IR filter showed the best results
for know. I will be trying to capture more and more to expertise in IR, but I would like to make some comments how do yiou like my shots
and what would be better to improve.
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Re: My first successful IR shot

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Creepy scene. Extraterrestrial... but great
Nice start, Armen.
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Re: My first successful IR shot

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Very interesting Armen. As the Doc says, its looks like an alien landscape. Have you tried converting to B&W? Can you share the exif details? I'm looking forward to seeing more of your IR shots. I think I am going to get a Cokin slide-in IR filter, probably 720nm, to start with. I am just looking around for the best price at the moment.
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Armen- congrats on your first successful IR! I too would like to see it in B/W, but Ihave to admit that I prefer B/W IR anyway. Keep honing the technique, so that when spring comes around, you will have it down pat. John
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Re: My first successful IR shot

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Hi

Hee is B&W version of the same IR shot, but I like the previous one better

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A new kind of adventure seems to have hit you Armen. :)

Good luck and have fun. A larger image size might work better though...

Thanks for sharing,

Yildiz
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Ypou are right Yildiz!
It is like new kind of adventure. I simply like fantastic things :D
Concerning the images do you know the way that flickr dowsn't convert the images to standard size?
I upload with better qualities but flickr always fits to its size.

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Armen Gharib wrote:Ypou are right Yildiz!
It is like new kind of adventure. I simply like fantastic things :D
Concerning the images do you know the way that flickr dowsn't convert the images to standard size?
I upload with better qualities but flickr always fits to its size.

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Armen
Well, they indeed look fantastic and other-worldly. More like Martian landscapes.. :)

Sorry, no, I don't know how flickr works with image sizes but maybe there are a couple of other sizes that it can produce for you to link to?
I never had a flickr account. Maybe an other member can help with that.

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Re: My first successful IR shot

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Hi Armen,

I had a look at Flickr homepage and there appears to be a way of seeing the different sizes of images. All you have to do is copy the link to the forum as we usually do.

Here are the screenshots from that will guide you. I hope it helps.

Yildiz

First click on the magnifying glass image to see all sizes of the photo that you uploaded there.
Click On All Sizes.gif
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Then select the size that you prefer from the menu and open it, then copy its link to the forum.
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Re: My first successful IR shot

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Thank you very much indeed, Yildiz.

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Hi again Armen, :)

You're welcome and they look very nice in this size. When you shoot different scenes in the future we'll be able to see far more details in this size.

Good luck,

Yildiz
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The shots look much better larger - well done to Yildiz for sorting out the Flickr question.

It is just a personal thing, but I like the B&W slightly more than the colour.
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Armen- Thanks for the side by side post. I think I may like the color slightly more.. It looks like there is couple of eyes in the clouds just above the trees casting an evil sideways glance. Surreal and spooky!
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Re: My first successful IR shot

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Hi

By the way I forgot to mention that I have first heard about the infrared photography from one of popular infrared photographers of Armenia whose name is Alexander Khachunts. I like his photos a lot and I am modifying one of my cameras according to his advices. You can have a look to his photos at www.alsekphotoart.com website. In case of need I think I can organize our contact with him. He has modified many cameras and tried almost everything in IR photography.
David if you are interested in IR shots to print in your journals and or if you have some other offers in this sphere you can contact him.
Firts visit his site after let me know your opinion...

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Armen
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