Re: EIR in winter (was: EIR film

[Daniel Flather <pincher@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Still waiting for the orange filter.  I think I will head out one night
when it is NOT -30c :(  and give the light thing a try.

-Daniel Flather
Canada.

Willem-Jan Markerink wrote:
> 
> On 11 Jan 01 at 15:13, Daniel Flather wrote:
> 
> > I never shot that roll of color IR. I ordered the #12 filter so I will
> > wait till it shows up in the mail.  I was going to shoot it here at home
> > but I will be in Miami this February and will shoot it there, and buy
> > some more of course.
> >
> > My question is:  I live in Canada and it is -20c here with tons of snow,
> > lots of white stuff!  What kind of results would I expect with color IR
> > in these conditions? Does anyone have any experience with these
> > conditions?
> 
> Hmm....unlike Luvdove (sorry, forgot your real name, that's the risk
> of using aliases....;)), I haven't been able to create much
> interesting EIR shots in either snow or winterized Alps, at least not
> in the midst of winter....often the red lacks completely (depending
> on type of tree, other times the red-on-white is almost too
> 'poppy'....
> But, with the exception of a rather peculiar & 'eiry' EIR application:
> nighttime shooting, snow cover, urban area (floodlights, not sodium I
> believe), and last but not least: fireworks, close enough to warrant
> a circular fisheye....and all this without any filter. The
> combination of snow and tungsten floodlight gives a bright, light
> blueish/greenish background, while the other lights appear almost
> normal, and the colors of the firework are quite intense (also an
> application that begs for a circular fisheye....hope to repeat it one
> day with a Kowa 19mm fisheye for 6x6, together with
> 70mm-cut-down-to-120-format Aerochrome IR....if a 52mm circle is better than
> a 22mm one....:))
> 
> A bit more outerworldish are moonlight shots (same background, but
> otherwise clear sky of course).
> 
> Will try to dig out some samples from my archive....also hope to
> have gained a few more EIR experimental results from this winter's
> skiing, including tele shots of artificial lights (anyone on this list done much
> night time shooting with EIR?).
> 
> --
> Bye,
> 
> Willem-Jan Markerink
> 
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> is sometimes far less intelligent than
>      the inability to understand
> 
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