Re: IR with no direct sunlight

[Clive Warren <Clive.Warren@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

At 11:15 am +0100 26/9/00, Robert Jander wrote:
>
>I accidently deleted a message where someone told me that there is 
>no necessity
>to have bright sunlight in order to shoot IR photos. Can anyone tell me more
>about his/her experiences under those conditions, some links with photos would
>be great, too.
>
>Thanks in advance
>
>Robert Jander


Have a bit of catching up to do myself - back to find a lot of posts 
to read :-)

You can capture some really moody scenes without the need for bright 
sunlight.  There are a couple of photos in the CoCam Gallery (URL in 
sig. file) which have heavy cloud cover but not completely overcast.

You will find that contrast will be lower when shooting on an 
overcast day - much the same as normal film.  This can be an 
advantage when using inherently high contrast films such as Konica IR 
750.  It also makes the photos easier to print.

So, go ahead and experiment - you can obtain some wonderful 
gradations in cloud with infrared film - take a look at the sky in 
the Clifton Suspension Bridge photo in the CoCam Gallery.

-- 
All the best,

              Clive   http://www.cocam.co.uk
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