- Castle's Gate -

This picture is my first personal introduction to IR photography. I

appreciate your constructive critiques. Thank you, Ada.

Dear Ada, great IR work... congrats! best regards

Your first try with IR?!! Wow, Ada, I am truly impressed. Everything about this picture is good, from the colors to the composition.

 

You've got to tell us more about how you did this.

 

--Lannie

Een prachtig resultaat, Ada! Groeten uit Assen, Ruud.

GREAT IR ADA CONGRATULATIONS WELCOME TO THE SURREAL WORLD OF INFRARED SORRY BUT THEY DO NOT ALLOW ME 7/7 WHICH IT DOES DESERVE

Dear Arif, it's an honeur to receive such a wonderful compliment from you. Thank you very much!!! Warm greetings, Ada;)

 

Hi Lannie, firstly, I'm glad you are so enthousiastic about this picture. Thank you very much!

I can't tell you very much about IR photograpy then just..... well, let's say that it is much more difficult than I had expected. I have always thought that is wasn't much more than the purchase of a special filter. But the opposit is true. You're so dependant on the weather, the intensity of the light and the greatest difficulty is that you can barely see what you shoot. You need very bright weather, harsh light. Such a harsh light that it make other lanscape photographers decide to let their camera at home. You have to experiment a lot to learn which filters you need under which circumstances. The pictures also need a ferm treatment afterwards. But that is actually the funniest part of the process. At least to me. The opportunities are unprecedented. I took this shot last week. The weather was not suitable for IR; a mainly grey day. You'll understand the kick I got out of it when despite the overcasted sky I reached this result. But I have had the support of a great teacher, the master in IR photography, Tony Georgiadis. He has helped me with the purchase of the best filters and familiarized me with the way of processing. I'm very grateful to him!

 

Ha Ruud, dank je wel voor je compliment. Het is altijd spannend als je voor de eerste keer met iets nieuws komt. En daarom is het juist dan zo fijn om te horen dat mensen je werk geslaagd vinden. Nomaals dank! En groetjes terug van Zuid naar Noord!:-)

 

Dear Tony, thank you so much for all your help! Without your advices and suggestions I had never been able to come to such a result. I still have a lot to learn but I feel very gifted with such a great teacher in the field of photography and in particular the IR photography as you are Tony!:-)

 

Warm greetings to all of you, Ada:-)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

And again a beautiful I.R. painting.

Excelente imagen de gran belleza, perfecta luz, color IR, gran encuadre y magnfica composicion,parece que nos salimos de nuestra epoca,, saludos cordiales Ada Van.

Ada, this is too good to be a first try, but I thinkI know who was a very strong influence on your getting into infrared.....He was my mentor as well, even if it was from 5,000 miles away........Congradulations on one great piece of work......Jim

Very nice mood created by fascinating IR & symmetry effect, and magical light & perspective, lovely warm tones, really eye catching, Ada!!! Best regards.

Beautiful, good tonal quality and comp, I love that gate.

DEAR ADA I THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR GREAT COMMENT ON MY BEHALF

IT WAS MY GREATEST PLEASURE TO ASSIST YOU ON YOURFIRST STEPS INTO THE SURREAL WORLD OF INFRARED YOU ARE SUCH A TALENTED PERSON AND WITH A GREAT PERSONALITY

WHAT A JOY IT WAS TO ME TO BE SHOOTING IR WITH YOU IF THIS IS YOUR FIRST ATTEMPT TO UPLOAD IN IR I WONDER WHAT YOUR FUTURE UPLOADS ARE GONNA BE THANK YOU SO MUCH ADA

YOU REMIND ME OFMY FIRST IR UPLOAD ON PHOTO.NET BACKIN2003ANDNOWAFTERALMOST 735 IR UPLOADS AM STILL FASCINATED WITH IR I DON'T SHOOT ANYTHING ELSE ANYMORE AND AM HAVING A HELL OF A TIME IT EVEN HELPED ME RECOVER FAST FROM MY STROKE SO I CAN GET BACK TO IT

Wow. Sweet Ada is this the Gate to Heaven :) superb and very poetic Dear :)

 

Kisses and have a lovely weekend :)

 

Biliana

I love the gate form and the dark brown/yellowish color rang as composed here in IR. well done again, my friend!

Its like a fantastis dream...! Great IR photo! Warm regards, Sergei

Hi Ada. After seeing this beautiful shot that I love so much, I checked out the portfolio of Tony Georgiadis and I have a whole new appreciation and interest in I.R. photography. I contacted Tony and he was kind enough to point me to some helpful material. I just wanted to let you know that you have posted a shot that I find very inspiring.

Great first try, as already mentioned. I'm a long-time fan of Tony's work, too.

Dreamy mood as good and intense as one can get! Your photo really makes me wanna try IR someday soon. Very good work Ada. Greetings, Alex

I like to thank you all so much for the time you took to look and comment this picture. It's a real honeur to me that such great and capable photographers as you, are so enthusiastic about this picture. It heightens my intention to train for this branche of photography.

 

Next to that I'm really glad that this pictures has excites in particular Gary's and Alex's interest for IR photography. It's real worth to experiment with it.

 

Thanks again and warm greetings to you all, Ada:-)

you have came through a very sad time after you had your stroke, but you've never lost your faith for recovery. The love and care of your sweet wife Hanneke, your beloved family and your great passion for photography has helped you to be able to make your come back.

 

Our common interest in photography and our desire to live in a world which can only exists in dreams has brought us together and has finally resulted in a very special friendship. I regard this picture as the symbolic crowning glory of that friendship and I wish that it will be a friendship for life.

 

Huggies, Ada:-)

 

Very nice photo!!!

I think your first steps are really successful, Ada. IR creates a surreal world and your presentation of this gate in gold and crystal is fascinating. Very well done.

ADA THANKS SO MUCH I'LLALWAYS CHERICH THIS FRIENDSHIP OF OURS

Oh Ada supermooi, die filter doet je recht aan hihi...... PrachtigPrachtig het lijkt wel een sprookje.... Of misschien ziet de toegang tot de hemelpoort er wel zo uit, wie zal het zeggen? Geweldige ambiance, geweldige tonen. Echt een sfeer die je niet uit de computer krijgt maar gewoon uit je camera.... :-)..... Ik hoop dat je nog veel gaat experimenteren.. Ik wacht af in elk geval! Groetjes!

Soft & dreamy. A good start, Ada. I have tried IR too & like the surreal effect it creates.