Photo of the Weel 2019-12-09

My foray into infrared digital has had me exploring photography with unmodified DSLR's with lens mounted IR filters requiring the use of a tripod for long exposures, and infrared modified P&S camera allowing handheld exposures, and lately an infrared modified mirrorless camera. This latest camera is modified for dual-spectrum, visible and infrared sensitivity, allowing the use of various wavelength lens mounted IR filters to attain the variety of 'looks' possible with infrared. This setup is by far the most flexible and exposures can be hand held and previewed on the LCD screen..

Along the way, 550nm, 590nm, 720nm, 850nm IR filters have been used and recently a new IR filter developed by KolariVision, the IRChrome which quite closely replicates the results obtained by using Kodak Colour IR file, a.k.a Aerochrome.

The Aerochrome look can be simulated by processing exposures made with the 550nm filter, sometimes requiring a considerable amount of work in photo editing software. Unexpectedly, I encountered a resource online that helped me develop a Photoshop action that can work on visible light (non-IR) captures. I was able to achieve some very satisfying results with this method. Following are some examples ...

' almost there ' (faux Aerochrome)

morning trail light (faux Aerochrome)

that special place (faux Aerochrome)

DJE