black and white

[blackcloudbrew]

Dave, I kinda shoot IR in spurts. You can see all of my images (I like) on my flickr site in this set.

http://www.flickr.com/pho...w/sets/72157625397418903/

However, as the subject is black and white, I'll post a few of my recent favorites.

Just a fun shot

IMGP3869c by blackcloudbrew, on Flickr

Mosaic Canyon, Death Valley NP

IMGP3836-Edit by blackcloudbrew, on Flickr

Wood texture

IMGP3802 by blackcloudbrew, on Flickr

Fort Point (under the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco) gun galleries in IR and HDR

IMGP3757_HDR-Edit by blackcloudbrew, on Flickr

Music Stand

IMGP3654 by blackcloudbrew, on Flickr

Black and white images in IR - to me - show something different in detail. When I get it right, I love the results.

Enjoy.

[davidhampshire]

thanks bcb;     i like em.       was thinking of getting a camera fixed for infrared,   is it complicated?    maybe a the k10d ?     or one of those relatively older cameras ?     dave

[blackcloudbrew]

Getting your camera converted to IR is something some one can do but shouldn't try. Let someone else do it. I used Spencers Camera in Utah.

http://spencerscamera.com/index.cfm

They did a good job but took several months to get it done. They aren't the most communicative either. I took the approach of buying an older body (k100ds) 2 years ago, learned to use it before conversion, then got it converted last year. A k10d would be a very nice candidate for conversion by the way. However, you have to ask yourself how much are you going to use it. IR is not something you can do every day. As I picked up my K100ds for about $200 and spent another $350 on the IR conversion, that makes it kind of expensive for a camera that I use sometimes. One can buy an IR filter which is cheaper but requires a bit more work to get an image. I tried that first and was dissatisfied. However, some members here use the IR filter and get great results.