Re: COLOR IR MACRO-PHOTO

["Anthony W. Maw" <amaw@xxxxxxxxx>]

I think more people have NOT used colour infrared in the past because it
was so EXPENSIVE (about CDN $15 per roll).  Not only was the film
expensive but the older colour infrared film required process E-4 which
only a few laboratories around the world could do (One place called Rocky
Mountain Film Labs in Colorado charged US$13 for the service plus
shipping charges).  Kodak will send you the formula for E-4 if you ask
for it and if you care to mix your own colour developer solutions but I
think it is not worth the trouble!  Add to the expense the fact that
colour infrared is largely "hit or miss" and experimental and you had
better be prepared to spend a LOT of money for some POSSIBLY good
photos!  I think the current E-6 compatible colour infrared will help the
situation somewhat but only time will tell if it will gain the following
that black and white infrared has got.

Besides, as with all black and white films, there is a certain pleasure
to be had in interpreting the negative into a custom print which just
isn't the case with colour infrared slide film (not usually, anyways).

Good luck!

Andre Jean QUINTAL wrote:

> Lurker's Question:
>
>     I've been reading your posts with great care as I have limited
>     experience with IR photo. But find it fascinating as an imaging
>     tool.
>
>     I'm curious: there seems to be very few who use COLOR INFRA-RED
>     in their creative efforts... Any positive reactions ?
>
>     A personal observation would be that B&W INFRA-RED photos tend
>     to look like, simply deep red filtered or dark green filtered
>     shots, depending on subjects, to quite an extent...
>
>     Whereas I entertained the fantasy that it could allow, ALMOST,
>     sort of a poor man's color enhanced thermography...
>
>     Do any of the photo-buffs reading this have a few shots posted
>     of flower IR macro-photography on the Web ?
>
>     Another subject that would come to mind is this one: when
>     trippin' around in a provincial park, quite a few years ago,
>     I observed, using my Nikon with two close-up lenses, that
>     what first appeared as moss on a large rock, when examined
>     close-up, actually was a MINI PALEOLITHIC FOREST.
>     It was (is) VERY DETAILED, very highly textured,
>     almost like from another planet.
>     Since it just about was all green and bluish, and EXTREMELY
>     BEAUTIFUL, very odd shapes, the kind a Salvador Dali would
>     have used on his paintings had he seen what I then saw,
>     I would pass on the idea here to try it out in INFRA-RED
>     either B&W IR or COLOR IR. It would also make a fabulous
>     FALSE COLOR digital photo subject for someone equipped
>     with a slide scanner (or who has access to one),
>     once the depth of field and contrast are dealt with positively;
>     obviously, a high resolution macro capable lens would be
>     a plus here, with extension tube. The plants I'm talking about
>     are all less than an inch tall and there must be fifty odd
>     pre-historic shapes per square inch. M.C. Escher has also
>     done an etching of the exact same subject, as I suddenly recall,
>     blown up as a "chunk of botanic archaeology" on his canvas.
>
>     Any reactions ? Or, do any have such photos in their portfolio
>     that we might share on the Web ?
>
>     At least, frankly, I know exactly where I'll return this Spring !
>
>     THEN: have any of you used flashlights to "heat up" (or enhance)
>     details of vegetation, like flowers' pistils and etamen,
>     in IR context ? Any show-place on the Web for such work ?
>
>     A thousand thanks,
>
>     Andr Jean Quintal
>
> Never give up!
> Never give in!
>
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