Photography by Ricky Refuerzo

I’ve been experimenting on infrared through post-processing for some time, but I haven’t done “real” infrared photography until now. I bought a pre-owned Hoya R72 Infrared filter from a fellow photographer, it was a good buy since I saved about 33% compared to it’s brand new price given it’s prestine condition.

The key in capturing infrared photos is the timing, the most suitable time is around noon where the sunlight is at it’s peak, the elements must also be present i.e. clouds, blue sky & green leaves or grass. I went on a shooting spree around 2pm today & here’s what I got.


I shot the above photo using RAW/NEF format of my Nikon D70 camera using an 18-135mm lens. The exposure time is set at 1 second, aperture at f8 @ ISO200 & white balance at 3000° Kelvin (Fluorescent +3). I downloaded the photo using Camera Raw 4.2 of Photoshop CS3, I noticed the reddish cast of the photo which (I believe) is not normal. I’ve seen alot of sample shots & I’ve never seen something like this, I think I need to experiment more on other settings.

Anyways, since I’m not that satisfied, I adjusted some settings when I downloaded the below photos.

I did some adjustments on the Camera Raw before finally opening it with Photoshop until I finally removed the reddish casts on the photo. I then edited it to fit my taste. The first option is to use a brownish sepia tone, I added some blur & noise on the photo to my liking to get this look.

FinallyI tried it on a black & white photo with additional blur & noise.

Infrared is not a new photographic technique, even during the film era, infrared photography is quite popular to some. It’s an interesting field that I might study more.

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