Re: Polar Bears and Infrared film question

[Hannu Jarventaus <teklahj@xxxxxxxx>]

On Wed, 27 Nov 1996, Greg McGonagill wrote:

> Dan Cardish <dcardish@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > I recall photographing a model standing in front of a jet black, very dull
> > looking velvety material.  The film was HIE and when the contacts were made
> > the background came out looking almost white.  Ruined the effect I was
> > after.   Let us know how the bears come out!
> 
> I photographed a model recently in front of a beautifully textured gray
> background, which also came out nearly white in the prints! There was no
> sign of the dye pattern on the background at all. (This was my first
> roll of HIE).
> 
> At the same time, a light gray drape in the picture came out dark black!
> The values are drastically different from the conventional
> black-and-white images I took at the same time, under identical lighting
> conditions.

In my picture in the IR-Gallery (the first one of my pictures, "Framed") 
the model wears dark blue jeans and very dark grey (almost black) T-shirt.
Look what happened, they came out almost white! 
The film was Konica IR 750 with red filter. 

Hannu Jarventaus
Espoo, Finland
hannu.jarventaus@xxxxxxxx


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