I thought I'd share some happy news. An image of mine was chosen for a 2008 Infrared Photography calendar. As far as I know, there have not been any dedicated infrared photo calendars, aside from the one showcasing Simon Marsden's work. I'll be supplying the November image -- Lazy River. If you want to find out more, you have to join the IRTIST.com website forum to read about it.

Very cool Kort. Congrats.

Thanks Mike. There were a lot of great submissions so I feel fortunate to have an image chosen.

Congrat Kort. Wish I would be able to see the whole calendar. I could not find it on the IR site.

seeya  Tunde

Well deserved congratulations are in order. With out a doubt one of your best. What month in the calender are you hoping for?

Jim

Thanks Tunde. If you sign up for it, then this link will work for you: http://lulalake.conforums.com/index.cgi/index.cgi?board=Winners&action=display&num=1190163349 And thank you Jim. I had submitted 3 images...didn't really care which month as long as I got it, but as it stands my image will be November, which from a sales perspective, perhaps people will see that before the holidays and want to buy some of my work. Hahaha, a stretch I know, but one can dream a bit. ;']

Thanx Kort for a link. Cover picture is amazing, realy one of the shot. 

seeya  Tunde

Very cool clouds. My wife thinks that I'm crazy when I look at the sky and say out loud "great ir clouds"

LOL, well, aren't you? ;'P I know I am...

Infrared Addicts Six Step program ... 1. Admit you are powerless over Infrared Radiation. You can't control IR, but you can embrace it and covet it. 2. Yield to the temptation to buy new equipment. Filters, software, new full-frame SLRs, you need these things, they need you! 3. Seek out kindred souls. There are more of us out there. They must be found and encouraged in their IR endeavors. 4. Make amends for past errors in the visible spectrum. This is a tough one, but you know you did bad things between 400-700 nanometers. Go back and re-shoot every visible exposure in IR. 5. Spread the word! Put your IR photos into a web gallery, join a forum like this one. Print your images big and display them proudly to the visible spectrum mongers. 6. Make IR a part of your daily life. Carry your camera everywhere, seek out new IR subjects, indulge in an IR chant, breathe...think...dream in IR.

Hello, my name is Jim ...... and I'm an ir_addict.

Jim, bring them here and show your picies, we love to see them !

seeya  Tunde

Attached Link: Camera Conversion

My IR light array is a little larger.  The small square is the IR mirror from the camera.

Mike

Attached Link: DIY link from ColdWarTendencies

Thanks TwoPynts
I'm to cash strapped to buy a  filter so will be attempting the DiY link in future & post back :)
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L8RDAZE <<< I love your Timpelapse shot!

[ www.instructables.com/id/infrared-digital-camera---the-real-way/

Another method involves totally dissassembling the cam seem to give better results!](http://www.instructables.com/id/infrared-digital-camera---the-real-way/)**

Um ok , I guess the DiY thingy sorta works heh heh , Rush job using 3 1/2 floppy film produced the following , Warning bad camera shake & is very dark , Nothing like the Filter results yet :/

Is this IR ?
I really don''t know hah hah :/

Take a photo in full sun of some foliage. If it is whitish, then it is IR.

Taken through 31/2 " floppy slot.
Lower pic auto levels and channel swap...

Sometimes this is IR stuff is too much fun.  

Mike

Nice Mike! Yep, thar be some floppy IR! ;'D

Hah were all cheapskates :p
Ahhh as long as it works , By time I'd decided to try it was getting dark will attempt again tomorrow, Why take through the slot ?
Rip apart the outside casing & you have enough to make 4-6 filters :x 
Gawd I suck
Have fun either way!

**CWT,
It was more fun that way and I had some important data on that floppy I didnt want to lose. 

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Wow these galleries are very impreessive , Must save for a filter , All the best to all you involved in IR!

Thanks CWT. Looking forward to more from you!

If I am going to take IR shots, the D70 with the less sophisticated screening will do the best. The D200 shows almost no IR from the remote control source, as it is designed to filter the wavelenths of IR.       Tom.

The D70 looks very sensitive to me.  Maybe try a pic through the floppy slot like I did above for a quick test for sensitivity if you dont have an IR filter.

Mike

Attached Link: D70 IR test

Please point me to the floppy info..I did not find the post this morning.  Thanks. Tom

Hey Tom,

My experiment was triggered by ColdWarTendencies experiment 11 or 12 posts prior to this one, the pictures in his posts were taken through the 3 1/2 inch floppy film.  On my post all I did was slide the metal cover aside and took the picture through the slot.  I have no idea who came up with it or where to direct you to more info but its easy to try if you still have the floppies around.  Bright sunlight will help.

Mike

Mike, I sure do have floppies around...threw away the 5 inch ones many years ago but several old 3 1/2's are here. The data is essentially useless on them to me now and a scrafice of a floppy will be worth it.   I am glad I kept the D70..will give it a shot.   Thanks.   Tom.

Floppie disk's just arent working for me , Just gives the photograph a Reddissh tinge , Alright we don't have much sun atm in the Uk but when we do still the same , Strange how MadMikie got to work , ahy well!

If you have Photoshop, bring the image file in there and use auto levels. That should take care of the red tinge and brighten things up.

I also had my camera set up to custom white balance which also reduces the red.  The white balance reading was taken from sunny green grass through an R72 filter.   I tried to get a few reference pics but we are having a spell of really heavy overcast days also.   Maybe next week...

Hey Tom
I too am down to about 4 or 5 of the small floppies, I knew I should have waited to throw away all that old junk...

When I get good time and good light I will try the floppie experiment.  Say, is there a particular white balance recommended for IR shots?  Thank for the info.       Tom.

I kinda like how this came out.

Mike

I usually just stick to the green grass white balance, but it looks like I should be trying a sample of many when I am shooting...

Mike, these vivid examples tell a tale about white balance. Thanks for the postings.     Tom.

I'm with Tom Mike, great examples.

Attached Link: video

OK, it is night, little light and I have a floppy membrane in front of me. I had no idea these things are so dark. What is it on exposure?  For a filter I am guessing it might be 5 stops or more.

Should have saved one of the old 5inch ones I inherited with my first computer..and it did not have a slot for those. They are big enough to make a small lens filter of sorts.

Attached Link: Costal Optics

kort, a vicious circle, the camera guys spending a lot of money trying to get rid of all UV and IR and a bunch of other guys spending a lot of money trying to get it back.    I guess I am on the other guys list...

Hey Tom, dont know how many stops it is, only that it is a few more than an IR filter like the R72.  Hope you can capture something to show us.

Mike

BTW, didn't realize those lenses are around $4,500. Yikes. Still wish they would produce an inexpensive IR P&S. I think it would sell like hotcakes. You can't find a Fuji IS 1 hardly anywhere!

Dog Day Afternoon
  Captured this past summer in Cape May New Jersey with my modded G6.  Created a custom action to do the color swap and other tweaks in PhotoShop.

This "dog days" beats Attica all to pieces...thanks.

Cool work Joe! Do you mind sending me the action, I wouldn't mind trying it out myself.