In The Philippines, Holy Saturday, is called Black Saturday. In the past, the city is literally dead, as most just stay home and attend religious activite. Nowadays, malls are open in the afternoons and evenings are livelier in preparation for Easter festivities!
Saturday, April 11, 2009
Friday, April 10, 2009
good friday blues
it is good friday, and in manila, the streets are deserted, malls are closed and a lot of people are spending the long vacation in beaches.
my IR-converted D90 camera in tow, i went to the american memorial cemetery grounds. i have been wanting to shoot there and what better than IR photography?
it is a smaller version of the arlington cemetery, which contains the largest number of graves of our military dead of World War II, most of whom lost their lives in operations in New Guinea and the Philippines.
have a good friday everyone...
my IR-converted D90 camera in tow, i went to the american memorial cemetery grounds. i have been wanting to shoot there and what better than IR photography?
it is a smaller version of the arlington cemetery, which contains the largest number of graves of our military dead of World War II, most of whom lost their lives in operations in New Guinea and the Philippines.
have a good friday everyone...
Thursday, April 9, 2009
golden hour
people ask how i process the IR's, well here goes.
1. removed distortions
2. autolevels
3. hue and saturations
4. selective color, adjusted neutrals, and reds primarily to achieve the golden colors.
5. curves
6. levels
7. noise removal
that's it!
i purposely want a more or less monochromatic look.
if you want more colors, you can set the picture control to standard or even vivid and then get more saturation on the jpegs, and then you can increase saturation in post processing too.
1. removed distortions
2. autolevels
3. hue and saturations
4. selective color, adjusted neutrals, and reds primarily to achieve the golden colors.
5. curves
6. levels
7. noise removal
that's it!
i purposely want a more or less monochromatic look.
if you want more colors, you can set the picture control to standard or even vivid and then get more saturation on the jpegs, and then you can increase saturation in post processing too.
Wednesday, April 8, 2009
surreal dreams
got this new lens today for my D90-IR camera - the tokina 11-16 f2.8. nice wide lens just in time for the weekend shoot!
tested this lens at the filinvest grounds. one thing about IR photography is you gotta get under the heat! that is when IR rays are most visible!
enjoy the rest of the week my friends!
tested this lens at the filinvest grounds. one thing about IR photography is you gotta get under the heat! that is when IR rays are most visible!
enjoy the rest of the week my friends!
Tuesday, April 7, 2009
infrared pastels
another IR shot of the festival mall in alabang. chose to process this with pastel colors, as i am not really a fan of super saturated IR shots.
the day was a bit cloudy which is not good for IR photography.
the day was a bit cloudy which is not good for IR photography.
Monday, April 6, 2009
pink overload
this is actually a very tiny cactus flower about a centimeter in diameter across the flower. used the raynox conversion lens on the nikkor 105VR.
it is palm sunday today, the start of the holy week.
it is palm sunday today, the start of the holy week.
Wednesday, April 1, 2009
happy bokeh day everyone!
rediscovered this old one from the archives.
it's wednesday here so time to bokeh! but really, every day is a good to bokeh. he he.
have a great day!
it's wednesday here so time to bokeh! but really, every day is a good to bokeh. he he.
have a great day!
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