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7 Cool Infrared Photos

Posted by: Grover Sanschagrin Posted date: February 27, 2011 | 8 Comments

In the olden days of film, if you wanted to be cool and shoot photos using infrared light, you needed a special film. But with today’s DSLR cameras, all you need is an infrared lens filter. I haven’t personally shot an infrared picture yet – but I do think they can be kinda cool looking.

I found plenty of cool infrared images within the PhotoShelter community. Here are a few of my favorites…

Yankee Stadium by Rob Tringali.

Factory Building by Stephan Jouhoff.

Tree by Andrew Shurtleff.

Swimmer by Chris Ivin.

Albemarle County, Virginia by Andrew Shurtleff.

Infrared Shadow at the Racetrack – Death Valley by Scott Sharick.

Cattle Field by Stephan Jouhoff.

If you’ve spotted (or shot) any cool infrared photos, please share them by posting a link below!

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Grover Sanschagrin
Grover is co-founder of PhotoShelter. He is a frequent contributor to the PhotoShelter blog. He loves tequila, Frank Zappa, and avocados. You can follow him on Twitter here: @heygrover

8 Comments

Michael Kloth 2-28-2011

Great post! I really enjoy shooting in IR. Here are a few of mine: http://www.michaelklothphotography.com/image/I0000v7pP4D_JVoQ http://www.michaelklothphotography.com/image/I0000uJSwPXuIIJ4 http://www.michaelklothphotography.com/image/I0000z8VJErpdI_Q Cheers, Michael

Paul Purser 2-28-2011

Heres one I took in the NC mountains of the Lynn Cove Viaduct on the Blue Ridge Parkway http://www.photocharlotte.net/img-show/I0000RWCsxUqbFZQ

DaniLew 2-28-2011

That Yankee Stadium is an awesome pic! I love shooting IR, here’s my gallery: http://danilew.photoshelter.com/gallery/infrared-gallery/G0000yq6L_riGc4Q

Imran 3-1-2011

All are mind blowing… As a photo editor these all images enhance my experience. thank you very much for sharing.

Stan 3-1-2011

To do infra-red with digital, don’t you also need to have a camera that has been modified to remove the layer that is on the sensor to block infra-red? I could see with the filter alone you might be able to capture a little of the infra red that gets past the sensor filter, but it would be a very narrow bandwidth and the exposures would be very long. Were the examples shown done without the sensor modification. If so, I’ll have to re-think experimenting with this.

glennbrule 3-1-2011

Absolutely stunning, I’ve just started playing with Infra-red and love it…would love to hear your feedback on what I’ve experimented on… http://thewayiceeit.photoshelter.com/gallery-image/Flora-Fauna/G0000ZfXAOkTMhrg/I0000NoqW3R_vApE http://thewayiceeit.photoshelter.com/gallery-image/Flora-Fauna/G0000ZfXAOkTMhrg/I0000D02HHcfYDxY http://thewayiceeit.photoshelter.com/gallery-image/Flora-Fauna/G0000ZfXAOkTMhrg/I00006rMimtroEgg

james 3-4-2011

I, too, am intrigued and a bit confused. Can this effect be achieved simply through the use of the infra-red filter without modification to the sensor? If so, such a filter starts to seem well worth the investment.

Grover Sanschagrin 3-4-2011

Yup. All you need is the filter. The sensor is already capable of seeing infrared, and the filter just blocks out all the other light.

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