Critique Welcomed Grain Elevator Study V

[Brian Moore]

On sunny days I've been shooting a lot of infrared monochrome images lately. This is image number 5 of a grain elevator adjacent to Centennial Park in Seattle. (I humour myself by calling the series a "study;" I was simply on a stroll and tried to achieve some interesting angles that contrasted the white architecture against the dark sky.)

Sigma Quattro SD, Sigma 30/1.4 and Hoya R72 filter.

 

[Rob MacKillop]

OK, Brian, you are really winning me over to IR. Very attractive for a pretentious art shot ;-)

I'm thinking one needs to live in a sunny part of the world, to get the best out of IR.

 

[Pete Askew]

That is impressive indeed and works so well in IR. Love the detail in the underside of the elevator. Those faint vertical lines in the sky are intriguing and I guess some sort of artefact of the sensor (or the fabric of the universe: hasty job, done in just 7 days and didn't get a chance to iron the sky!).

 

[Brian Moore]

OK, Brian, you are really winning me over to IR. Very attractive for a pretentious art shot ;-)

I'm thinking one needs to live in a sunny part of the world, to get the best out of IR.

Thanks ya cheeky bugger!

I agree. So far I haven't seen anything interesting about IR monochrome shot in overcast conditions. Clouds with sky between them works very well, though.

 

[Brian Moore]

That is impressive indeed and works so well in IR. Love the detail in the underside of the elevator. Those faint vertical lines in the sky are intriguing and I guess some sort of artefact of the sensor (or the fabric of the universe: hasty job, done in just 7 days and didn't get a chance to iron the sky!).

Ol' Hawkeye's at it again! I don't see those fabric of the universe lines in the sky. I'll have to have a closer look on a bigger monitor.

Thanks, Pete!

 

[Pete Askew]

You'll be telling me you can't see Dark Matter next!

 

[Rob MacKillop]

I'm sure I saw a Dark Matter Lives march on TV...

Not PC?

 

[Pete Askew]

I think you're getting confused with the Philip Pullman series, Rob!

 

[Rob MacKillop]

ah...

 

[Milan Vjestica]

Very nice Brian. It does make we want to try IR. Especially as I too live in a sunny part of the world!

 

[Brian Moore]

Very nice Brian. It does make we want to try IR. Especially as I too live in a sunny part of the world!

Thank you Milan. The convenience of an easily-removable IR cut filter on the Quattro SD makes digital IR far more accessible than if one were to have a camera converted or a very dark filter on the lens. With the IR cut filter removed and my Hoya R72 filter I can shoot IR hand-held. Absent the convenience of the easily-removable IR cut filter, I wouldn't be shooting IR.

(By the way I've recently relocated to Seattle. Haven't seen the sun much for a couple of weeks now, so no more IR for the time being.)

Thanks again Milan.