curtis_lowe Posted August 26, 2008 Share Posted August 26, 2008 Is there less infrared light in winter or is it just that there is less vegitation to reflect IR light? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rivi Posted August 26, 2008 Share Posted August 26, 2008 The IR you capture is near infrared (NIR). It has nothing to do with thermal infrared, which begins at five to seven times longer wavelength only. Source of outdor NIR is the sun, just as visible light. So, any source brightness variations are the same as in the visible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willscarlett Posted August 26, 2008 Share Posted August 26, 2008 You'll definitely get the IR effect, but there won't be any vegitation to turn that shimmering white. However, I'm sure you'll still get some unique effects in winter, especially if there is a snowfall. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joseph_wisniewski Posted August 26, 2008 Share Posted August 26, 2008 IR in winter is beautiful. There's little to no IR in "skylight", that bluish light that tends to "fill in" all your shadows in shots of snowy scenes. This was a winter IR shot... http://www.pbase.com/the_wiz/image/14490400 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carrotblog__miffy_ Posted August 27, 2008 Share Posted August 27, 2008 Curtis - are you in the northern hemisphere or the southern hemisphere? If you're on a favourable planetary tilt, you may have more infrared light ;) The tones from infrared film are really beautiful, particularly for winter sky detail. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
curtis_lowe Posted August 28, 2008 Author Share Posted August 28, 2008 Thanks for your help everyone. I'm in the northern hemisphere Miffy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rivi Posted August 28, 2008 Share Posted August 28, 2008 Miffy, winter is always when the sun is low. South the equator winter is somewhen May to September. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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