Infrared Geese

I was out playing with a D70 converted to infrared at the lake in Russellville AR, and I lured some geese by tossing small sticks at them (they must have thought it was bread).


Nikon D70
18-70 Nikkor (good for infrared)
F/10.0 @ 1/250 ISO 100

Now that is different. Cool look.

Interesting image. IR birds is something I'm wanting to try, but I don't have a converted camera, and most birds won't sit still for a 15 sec exposure.

Aaron - if I'm not mistaken, don't you convert your own cameras to shoot IR? It's certainly a good use for older models. It's an interesting image. Is the reddish brown a result of the IR conversion? It might be interesting to see the image as a grayscale.

Tim - You can convert them yourself by taking off the original sensor filter that blocks IR and putting on a Infrared sensor filter. You also have to recalibrate the autofocus system in the body of the camera for a specific type of lens (or not use autofocus). The reddish brown color is what you'll get straight out of the camera using a Standard Color IR Filter in front of the sensor. You can turn it to B&W in Photoshop or swap the Red and Blue channels in Photoshop to get a blue color instead of the orangeish tint.

Interesting image Aaron. The IR capture sure challenges our normal preconceived expectations. Thanks for sharing.