The Gear
Camera: Nikon D800
Lens: Nikon 28-300mm F3.5-5.6
Filter: Hoya 77mm RM-72 Infrared Filter
Tripod
Remote shutter release
The Picture Details
Aperture: f8
Shutter Speed: 30 seconds
Lens: 28mm
The Shoot
I setup just off the road in a small valley with a creek running through it. One of the things I wanted to happen with the picture was to get the wispy clouds that a long exposure would give as well as seeing what the burn area would look like in infrared as compared to trees not burned. First goal was to get the focus right, so first I used the auto focus without the Hoya filter and then set the focus to manual and put the filter on. In addition, making sure the vibration reduction was turned off.
The picture below is the result and partially what I expected but also there is a oval of over exposure which was very disappointing. All of the pictures I took with the filter looked similar to this one.
After some research, a hypothesis was formed. The D800 view finder has a switch to put a cover in place which I did not use. It was an extremely bright day and the sun was off my right shoulder. So I'll be doing some testing of this hypothesis over the next couple of weeks. Closing the view finder will probably have an impact on my night time photography as well, so this will need to be tested out at night as well.
I was able to salvage the picture somewhat and experiment with Lightroom 4.3 and Photoshop CS6 setting to get the look of an actual infrared picture.
The cool part is I was able to validate that I got the clouds looking like I wanted and to try out the infrared filter under actual conditions in a setting where I was not rushed.
As I test out infrared in the future, I'll post more information about the post processing with Lightroom and Photoshop.
See update at Second Infrared Pictures with the D800.
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