Re: [MyOlympus] IR Photography - Why?

5:31 AM |

IR photography, like HDR photography, is often overdone and very
in-your-face when a person first learns how to use it. It's like selective
coloring: everyone has tried it, but once you get beyond a certain point,
you realize it's just a gimmick that sells you a few wedding prints. IR
photography, especially when combined with color, can provide an ethereal
feel or highlight things that are IR bright but VS dim. Don't judge it by
what you see on Flickr. Again, a LOT of people no longer do HDR or IR
photography after they realize that their photos are rather blah and look
like every other out there, so the good IR and HDR artists are far
outnumbered by the novices.

Just my 2c.

Arthur

On Tue, Aug 31, 2010 at 4:35 AM, John <zitjopa@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:

> Please do not take this the wrong way as it is not my intention to
> criticise anyone or their work but, can someone please explain to me the
> attraction for IR photography. I may be the only person on the planet who
> just doesn't get it as it does nothing for me. What are people seeing in it
> that I don't? Now I am quite prepared to be told that that my artistic taste
> sucks but all I see when I look at an IR photo is an image with unrealistic
> colours and I think to myself that it would look much better as a normal
> photograph. I feel the same way about a lot of HDR photography as well
> unless the effect has been used very carefully and subtly. Is it just me?
>
> John
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