I haven’t shooting infrared photos for quite a while now, I’m still trying to look for a good post-processing technique to give my photos a better look. After a long research on the web, I think I finally saw the PP style that suites me most.
Like what I’ve mentioned in my first post about infrared photography, the key is to shoot raw (NEF), this way, there’s more room for post-processing.
I opened the same photo that I used on that post & processed it in a different manner. For the recap, here’s the EXIF info:
Capture Mode: RAW
White Balance: 3000°K (Fluorescent +3)
Aperture: f8
Shutter Speed: 1 Sec.
Now the juicy part, I mean the post processing, first, Perform the Auto-Levels (SHIFT+CTRL+L for windows).
Notice the change of color hue from the reddish cast into a purplish image, step 2 requires duplicating the layer (Layers –> Duplicate Layers). Make sure that you selected the uppermost layer & you are now ready to perform step no. 3 which is Inverting the Color (CTL+I).
The Background Layer must remain in a purple cast while the top most layer must have the greenish look.
Step 4 is Blending the 2 layers, the blend mode of the top layer must be set to Color & that’s it. You can do some more adjustments like sharpening, etc. I prefer adding some Gaussian Blur & Noise to the image to enhance its look.
Finally, the finished product.
I believe that there’s no “perfect” post-processing style, I just think that this is better than the monochrome look that I used to doing.
This post is tagged Infrared, photoshop., Post Processing
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