First (very failed) attempt at infrared with Sigma SD14

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I'm very new to photography and got attracted to the infrared photos I keep seeing online.

I decided to try experimenting with something cheap to see if I have any hope in this hobby or not. I got an old Sigma SD14 because it doesn't require conversion, as the internal filter can be simply popped out. I also got a Hoya r72 filter. Using the kit lens, for the moment.

Now, for some reason, all my photos end up either horrendously overexposed but with at least some information in them, or total garbage with literally no information in the photo.

I've tried what I feel is every combination of ISO, F and shutter speed with different, but all equally terrible results. I know I can't expect too much from the cheap old camera I got, but it should be able to produce something usable, at least according to other experiences I find online.

I've uploaded a couple of RAW samples and would be endlessly grateful to anyone who'd be able to give me any pointer at all about what I am doing so deeply wrong. How come even on the best of my photos, if it's blueish - everything is equally blueish, or if it's redish - everything is redish (see the linked samples). On other photos I see, trees look e.g white or pinkish, but the buildings do not.

Could it be that I simply somehow damaged the sensor so everything appears too bright?

Terribly sorry for the broadness of my questions, but I still lack the vocabulary to express myself better. I'm learning, but need direction...

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I'm very new to photography and got attracted to the infrared photos I keep seeing online.

I decided to try experimenting with something cheap to see if I have any hope in this hobby or not. I got an old Sigma SD14 because it doesn't require conversion, as the internal filter can be simply popped out. I also got a Hoya r72 filter. Using the kit lens, for the moment.

Now, for some reason, all my photos end up either horrendously overexposed but with at least some information in them, or total garbage with literally no information in the photo.

I've tried what I feel is every combination of ISO, F and shutter speed with different, but all equally terrible results. I know I can't expect too much from the cheap old camera I got, but it should be able to produce something usable, at least according to other experiences I find online.

I've uploaded a couple of RAW samples and would be endlessly grateful to anyone who'd be able to give me any pointer at all about what I am doing so deeply wrong. How come even on the best of my photos, if it's blueish - everything is equally blueish, or if it's redish - everything is redish (see the linked samples). On other photos I see, trees look e.g white or pinkish, but the buildings do not.

Could it be that I simply somehow damaged the sensor so everything appears too bright?

Terribly sorry for the broadness of my questions, but I still lack the vocabulary to express myself better. I'm learning, but need direction...

infrared

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I'm very new to photography and got attracted to the infrared photos I keep seeing online.

I decided to try experimenting with something cheap to see if I have any hope in this hobby or not. I got an old Sigma SD14 because it doesn't require conversion, as the internal filter can be simply popped out. I also got a Hoya r72 filter. Using the kit lens, for the moment.

Now, for some reason, all my photos end up either horrendously overexposed but with at least some information in them, or total garbage with literally no information in the photo.

I've tried what I feel is every combination of ISO, F and shutter speed with different, but all equally terrible results. I know I can't expect too much from the cheap old camera I got, but it should be able to produce something usable, at least according to other experiences I find online.

I've uploaded a couple of RAW samples and would be endlessly grateful to anyone who'd be able to give me any pointer at all about what I am doing so deeply wrong. How come even on the best of my photos, if it's blueish - everything is equally blueish, or if it's redish - everything is redish (see the linked samples). On other photos I see, trees look e.g white or pinkish, but the buildings do not.

Could it be that I simply somehow damaged the sensor so everything appears too bright?

Terribly sorry for the broadness of my questions, but I still lack the vocabulary to express myself better. I'm learning, but need direction...

infrared

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I'm very new to photography and got attracted to the infrared photos I keep seeing online.

I decided to try experimenting with something cheap to see if I have any hope in this hobby or not. I got an old Sigma SD14 because it doesn't require conversion, as the internal filter can be simply popped out. I also got a Hoya r72 filter. Using the kit lens, for the moment.

Now, for some reason, all my photos end up either horrendously overexposed but with at least some information in them, or total garbage with literally no information in the photo.

I've tried what I feel is every combination of ISO, F and shutter speed with different, but all equally terrible results. I know I can't expect too much from the cheap old camera I got, but it should be able to produce something usable, at least according to other experiences I find online.

I've uploaded a couple of RAW samples and would be endlessly grateful to anyone who'd be able to give me any pointer at all about what I am doing so deeply wrong. How come even on the best of my photos, if it's blueish - everything is equally blueish, or if it's redish - everything is redish (see the linked samples). On other photos I see, trees look e.g white or pinkish, but the buildings do not.

Could it be that I simply somehow damaged the sensor so everything appears too bright?

Terribly sorry for the broadness of my questions, but I still lack the vocabulary to express myself better. I'm learning, but need direction...

infrared

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This is standard for digital IR photography.

You will get better results if you set the camera to a B&W mode (if there's such an option on your camera) or if you manually convert your images to B&W and adjust in post-production just like you would any other image from a digital camera.

This is a necessary post-production process for digital IR photography.

You can also do color manipulations (See: https://petapixel.com/2016/10/27/introduction-digital-infrared-photography/)

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  Hey, thanks for the answer and the great work you've done with the photo! Much appreciated! But... how do people get the beautiful pink and yellow foliage in their photos? Perhaps different filters?
  – kaqqao
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  There is IR with different spectrums - 750nm, 850nm, which produce slightly different looks. but ultimately all of that is done in post-production. One technique is called "channel swapping" (slrlounge.com/…)
  – Leon
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  Ah, the photo in the article you linked looks absolutely dreamy 😍That's what I'm ultimately after.
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This is standard for digital IR photography.

You will get better results if you set the camera to a B&W mode (if there's such an option on your camera) or if you manually convert your images to B&W and adjust in post-production just like you would any other image from a digital camera.

This is a necessary post-production process for digital IR photography.

You can also do color manipulations (See: https://petapixel.com/2016/10/27/introduction-digital-infrared-photography/)

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  Hey, thanks for the answer and the great work you've done with the photo! Much appreciated! But... how do people get the beautiful pink and yellow foliage in their photos? Perhaps different filters?
  – kaqqao
  3 hours ago
  
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  2
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  There is IR with different spectrums - 750nm, 850nm, which produce slightly different looks. but ultimately all of that is done in post-production. One technique is called "channel swapping" (slrlounge.com/…)
  – Leon
  3 hours ago
  
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  Ah, the photo in the article you linked looks absolutely dreamy 😍That's what I'm ultimately after.
  – kaqqao
  3 hours ago
  

  
  
  
  

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This is standard for digital IR photography.

You will get better results if you set the camera to a B&W mode (if there's such an option on your camera) or if you manually convert your images to B&W and adjust in post-production just like you would any other image from a digital camera.

This is a necessary post-production process for digital IR photography.

You can also do color manipulations (See: https://petapixel.com/2016/10/27/introduction-digital-infrared-photography/)

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  Hey, thanks for the answer and the great work you've done with the photo! Much appreciated! But... how do people get the beautiful pink and yellow foliage in their photos? Perhaps different filters?
  – kaqqao
  3 hours ago
  
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  2
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  There is IR with different spectrums - 750nm, 850nm, which produce slightly different looks. but ultimately all of that is done in post-production. One technique is called "channel swapping" (slrlounge.com/…)
  – Leon
  3 hours ago
  
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  Ah, the photo in the article you linked looks absolutely dreamy 😍That's what I'm ultimately after.
  – kaqqao
  3 hours ago
  

  
  
  
  

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This is standard for digital IR photography.

You will get better results if you set the camera to a B&W mode (if there's such an option on your camera) or if you manually convert your images to B&W and adjust in post-production just like you would any other image from a digital camera.

This is a necessary post-production process for digital IR photography.

You can also do color manipulations (See: https://petapixel.com/2016/10/27/introduction-digital-infrared-photography/)

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This is standard for digital IR photography.

You will get better results if you set the camera to a B&W mode (if there's such an option on your camera) or if you manually convert your images to B&W and adjust in post-production just like you would any other image from a digital camera.

This is a necessary post-production process for digital IR photography.

You can also do color manipulations (See: https://petapixel.com/2016/10/27/introduction-digital-infrared-photography/)

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  Hey, thanks for the answer and the great work you've done with the photo! Much appreciated! But... how do people get the beautiful pink and yellow foliage in their photos? Perhaps different filters?
  – kaqqao
  3 hours ago
  
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  2
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  There is IR with different spectrums - 750nm, 850nm, which produce slightly different looks. but ultimately all of that is done in post-production. One technique is called "channel swapping" (slrlounge.com/…)
  – Leon
  3 hours ago
  
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  Ah, the photo in the article you linked looks absolutely dreamy 😍That's what I'm ultimately after.
  – kaqqao
  3 hours ago
  

  
  
  
  

add a comment | 

• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  Hey, thanks for the answer and the great work you've done with the photo! Much appreciated! But... how do people get the beautiful pink and yellow foliage in their photos? Perhaps different filters?
  – kaqqao
  3 hours ago
  
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  2
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  There is IR with different spectrums - 750nm, 850nm, which produce slightly different looks. but ultimately all of that is done in post-production. One technique is called "channel swapping" (slrlounge.com/…)
  – Leon
  3 hours ago
  
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  Ah, the photo in the article you linked looks absolutely dreamy 😍That's what I'm ultimately after.
  – kaqqao
  3 hours ago
  

  
  
  
  

Hey, thanks for the answer and the great work you've done with the photo! Much appreciated! But... how do people get the beautiful pink and yellow foliage in their photos? Perhaps different filters?
– kaqqao
3 hours ago

Hey, thanks for the answer and the great work you've done with the photo! Much appreciated! But... how do people get the beautiful pink and yellow foliage in their photos? Perhaps different filters?
– kaqqao
3 hours ago

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There is IR with different spectrums - 750nm, 850nm, which produce slightly different looks. but ultimately all of that is done in post-production. One technique is called "channel swapping" (slrlounge.com/…)
– Leon
3 hours ago

There is IR with different spectrums - 750nm, 850nm, which produce slightly different looks. but ultimately all of that is done in post-production. One technique is called "channel swapping" (slrlounge.com/…)
– Leon
3 hours ago

Ah, the photo in the article you linked looks absolutely dreamy 😍That's what I'm ultimately after.
– kaqqao
3 hours ago

Ah, the photo in the article you linked looks absolutely dreamy 😍That's what I'm ultimately after.
– kaqqao
3 hours ago

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