Thanks Joe. And yes they are Pat, especially that first. As I've said before, there is no substitute for actually shooting in IR to begin with, but natarious' method can produce good results. As he pointed out though, other work may need to be done, like darkening the sky and water in your last photo. Sometimes, darkening a sky a bit before performing the conversion can help make it darker afterwards. Here is an example using the method I've come up with that is similar to natarious'. You can see a bit of black outlining on some of the trees...an unfortunate by product of this process. Still, it is fairly convincing. Having the right subject matter -- green foliage and blue skys -- helps a lot.

Kort Kramer - Kramer Kreations