Infrared at Bentley Wood.

Visited Bentley Wood on Saturday and decided to try some macro shots with my Enhanced Colour Infrared Converted Canon 20D.  Sun was out and in the clouds so picking the ones in light was interesting.  I also played about with my White Balance setting it to shots taken against sun lit green foliage, white paper and grey card (I had red that for my filter conversion type that white/grey is better than green).  I found personally using different ones created interesting results.

I used Canon DPP software to convert the RAW files, and then played about with them in Photoshop for the final colouring and levels.

Here’s my results from the outing.

Infrared Gatekeepr on flowersCanon EOS 20D (100mm, f/5.6, 1/500 sec, ISO400)
Infrared Gatekeepr on flowers

Infrared Gatekeepr on flowers.  Taken on Enhance Colour Infrared Converted Canon 20D with Canon 100mm Macro Lens.  ISO 400 F5.6 1/500 Natural Light. Red & Blue Channels swapped.

Infrared Gatekeepr on fernCanon EOS 20D (100mm, f/8, 1/250 sec, ISO400)
Infrared Gatekeepr on fern

Infrared Gatekeepr on fern.  Taken on Enhance Colour Infrared Converted Canon 20D with Canon 100mm Macro Lens.  ISO 400 F8 1/250 Natural Light. Red & Blue Channels swapped & tinted.

Infrared Soldier BeetleCanon EOS 20D (100mm, f/5.6, 1/250 sec, ISO400)
Infrared Soldier Beetle

Infrared Soldier Beetle.  Taken on Enhance Colour Infrared Converted Canon 20D with Canon 100mm Macro Lens.  ISO 400 F5.6 1/250 Natural Light.

Infrared Bee on thistleCanon EOS 20D (100mm, f/5.6, 1/640 sec, ISO400)
Infrared Bee on thistle

Infrared Bee on thistle.  Taken on Enhance Colour Infrared Converted Canon 20D with Canon 100mm Macro Lens.  ISO 400 F5.6 1/640 Natural Light.  Red and Blue Channels swapped & tinted.

Infrared Plant bug on thistleCanon EOS 20D (100mm, f/5.6, 1/500 sec, ISO400)
Infrared Rhopalid bug on thistle

Infrared Rhopalid bug on thistle.  Taken on Enhance Colour Infrared Converted Canon 20D with Canon 100mm Macro Lens.  ISO 400 F5.6 1/500 Natural Light.  Tinted.

Infrared mating soldier beetles.Canon EOS 20D (100mm, f/4, 1/2000 sec, ISO400)
Infrared mating soldier beetles.

Infrared mating soldier beetles.  Taken on Enhance Colour Infrared Converted Canon 20D with Canon 100mm Macro Lens.  ISO 400 F4 1/2000 Natural Light.  Black & White Converted

Infrared GatekeeperCanon EOS 20D (100mm, f/4, 1/250 sec, ISO200)
Infrared Gatekeeper

Infrared Gatekeeper.  Taken on Enhance Colour Infrared Converted Canon 20D with Canon 100mm Macro Lens.  ISO 400 F4 1/250 Natural Light.  Red & Blue Channels Swapped.

Infrared hoverfly on flowerCanon EOS 20D (100mm, f/8, 1/200 sec, ISO400)
Infrared hoverfly on flower

Infrared hoverfly on flower.  Taken on Enhance Colour Infrared Converted Canon 20D with Canon 100mm Macro Lens.  ISO 400 F8 1/250 Natural Light.  Red & Blue Channels Swapped.

Infrared hoverfly on flowerCanon EOS 20D (100mm, f/8, 1/200 sec, ISO400)
Infrared hoverfly on flower

Infrared hoverfly on flower.  Taken on Enhance Colour Infrared Converted Canon 20D with Canon 100mm Macro Lens.  ISO 400 F8 1/200 Natural Light.

Infrared crab spider on flowerCanon EOS 20D (100mm, f/8, 1/200 sec, ISO400)
Infrared crab spider on flower

Infrared crab spider on flower.  Taken on Enhance Colour Infrared Converted Canon 20D with Canon 100mm Macro Lens.  ISO 400 F8 1/200 Natural Light.

Infrared Ringlet ButterflyCanon EOS 20D (100mm, f/4.5, 1/2500 sec, ISO400)
Infrared Ringlet Butterfly

Infrared Ringlet Butterfly.  Taken on Enhance Colour Infrared Converted Canon 20D with Canon 100mm Macro Lens.  ISO 400 F4.5 1/2500 Natural Light.

Infrared Bee on flowersCanon EOS 20D (100mm, f/4.5, 1/3200 sec, ISO400)
Infrared Bee on flowers

Infrared Bee on flowers.  Taken on Enhance Colour Infrared Converted Canon 20D with Canon 100mm Macro Lens.  ISO 400 F4.5 1/3200 Natural Light.

 

Chris

I've been taking macro photography from 2004. I use both Canon film and digital cameras.

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