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["Robert Hall" <robert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Welcome to the list Andrew!

Looks like you've got things under control. Do you have a web site? We
always love to see others work?

Some use a night vision scope for preview, while others use digital video
cameras and such. You should give the red #25 a try, some see more
difference than others, but for the trouble that the opaque filters can be,
I mostly use a red 25,29 and an 89b. I rate the film at 50ASA when I shoot
like that.

Welcome again,

-Gary

R. Gary Hall
Infrared and lith prints...
www.RobertHallPhotography.com

>
> NEW TO INFRARED-DIGEST  !!!!
>
> Andrew Holmes (Holmes1609@xxxxxxx)
>  Retired -CEO Banking
> Wilmington, N. C.   USA
> I have always  been interested in Photography!  This past year, due to
> shoulder surgery, I re-acquired my photography passion and switched from
> Nikon Manual to Nikon Autofocus.
> I currently have an Nikon 90S and Nikon F5 with the Nikon AF
> 17-35 AFS 2.8
> and the Nikon AF 28-70 AFS 2.8.
> I find that 'Color" photography is not challenging enough and
> stumbled onto
> to Infrared Photography. I only use a black Opaque filter and my first 3
> rolls came out blank.  After working with Infrared for about one
> year now at
> (Brookgreen Gardens) in Myrtle Beach, S. C. using Kodak High Speed HIE I
> think I have finally figured out the "Infrared Method" (using the Black
> Opaque filter). !!!!
> I shoot with no DX on a "manual" basis at 1/60th and bracket at
> F5.6, 8 &11.
> Since the F11 is generally underexposed as a result of too little
> exposure on
> the Infrared negative, I am going the bracket at f 5.6,7 & 9.
> The film is developed by a local photo lab using D-76 and I
> merely obtain a
> "contact sheet".  I then select the negatives I want and enter
> them into a
> Negative Scanner; then to my CPU and using the Adope Photo Delux
> adjust the
> negative and print out a 19 inch by 13 inch glossy photo using
> the new Epson
> 1270 Photo printer with excellent results suitable for a double
> matt, glass
> and black frame.
> I shoot late in the evening to get the long shadows or early in
> the morning
> to get the same depending upon the direction of the shot.  I
> always keep the
> Sun at my back.  The rest of the time I shoot at high noon when
> the Sun is
> overhead.
>
> My preferred  subjects are Landscape with lots of statues and vegetation.
>
> I only shoot in 35mm.
>
> I found out about this site desperately looking for Infrared
> information  in
> taking photographs because I did such a poor job. I think I have finally
> figured it out and have some excellent results framed and hanging in a
> Gallery.
>
> I have no experienced with the lite # 25 filter or the darker red filter
> (that you can just see through) and would ask any of you to
> provide me with
> information to see if I can meter through the camera.  Now I
> focus manually
> on a tripod without the Opaque filter, then screw on the Opaque
> filter and
> refocus using the focus dot ( for the Infrared film does not focus on the
> same plane of light
> as normal film).  Consequently, each shot is very time consuming
> but I get
> very good sharpness using the Kodak High Speed HIE if I focus correctly.
> Also, another (stupid) question:  Is the Infrared radiation
> stronger in the
> Summer or the Winter?  Or is it the Same? Also, is it possible to use an
> 'ASA-ISO" with the # 25 or darker red filter? Does anyone use a
> Night Vision
> Scope with an opaque filter to "see" good potential Opaque photos?
>
> Thanks for allowing me to join and I welcome your comments.
> Andrew Holmes
> Holmes1609@xxxxxxx

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