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* Best Of Both Worlds * (IR)
Image Title:  * Best Of Both Worlds * (IR)
 
 By: Thilo Bayer  
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Photographer Thilo Bayer {K:50301}
Project #42 Moody Landscape Camera Model Nikon D70
Categories Architecture
Landscape
Infrared
Film Format
Portfolio IR photography
Nuernberg
Geometry & Perspectives
Lens Sigma 18-50
Uploaded 1/23/2005 Film / Memory Type ISO 800
    ISO / Film Speed 0
Views 528 Shutter 5s
Favorites Aperture f/22
Critiques 49 Rating
5.89
/ 19 Ratings
Location City -  Nuremberg
State -  BAVARIA
Country - Germany   Germany
About Subject background: A small interrruption from my NYC series with fresh stuff from today. The "famous" Colosseum in a winter-setup. The drama of this former Nazi monument may be seen in the clouds.

PS concept: The title says "Best of both worlds". This refers to the double picture technique used here. One normal color shot, and one Infrared version (R72). I used the details of the IR as a background layer and the colors of the color version as an additional layer. Both are blended with the "color" option. Color version is blurred with Gaussian filter. Additional PS tweaking needed =)

As always: Honest feedback highly appreciated.
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There are 49 Comments in 1 Pages
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Michael Mellen   {K:7935} 1/23/2005
Beautiful capture. This photograph really flows well, I like the perspective and detail in the foreground, and such a beautiful sky. Excellent composition and subject, very well put together and executed. 7++++


Fadel J   {K:13584} 1/23/2005
What an image and technique Thilo, absolutely fantastic results!!


cecilia tovini   {K:28891} 1/23/2005
I have not the knowledge of PS that you have. The only thing that I can say is that I like the very dramatic effect of the entire scene. It seems also a little bit surrealistic. Cecilia


Neil White   {K:9043} 1/23/2005
I have to say it is not immediately obvious that PS work has been undertaken here. This does you credit and the resulting composition is excellent.

Neil


Roberto Carli   {K:13689} 1/23/2005
Great PS job,really well done,the picture works well indeed,congrats!!!
Best regards.


Fadel J   {K:13584} 1/23/2005
Wonderful once again! Just wanted to thank you for explaining your technique, you just gave me the key to a coloring style I was trying to achieve for sometime now, you're the man! :)


Antonio Trincone   {K:23167} 1/23/2005
and indeed you get an excellent result Thilo. May I ask you some more detail on R72? is it a filter ?


Thilo Bayer   {K:50301} 1/23/2005
Hi Antonio,

yes, this is a special IR filter. I use the Hoya R72 as it's relatively cheap and it achieves great IR results.

Thilo


Thilo Bayer   {K:50301} 1/23/2005
Hi Fadel,

as long as you show me what image you will create =))

Thx,
Thilo


Verena Rentrop   {K:14426} 1/23/2005
ein überaus beeindruckendes Endresultat dem ich die viele Arbeit ohne 'about' nicht angesehen hätte...ich bin ja 'meistens' ehrlich ;)

bei dem Titel habe ich erstmal an die alte und neue Welt gedacht habe...was wohl bei Deinem aktuellen Reiseplan beabsichtigt war, nicht wahr ;)

Liebe Grüße
Verena


Maria Luisa Vial   {K:36017} 1/23/2005
Beautiful Thilo... I love it... Your PS work here is splendid... Love the foreground... It directs the eyes to the water and then to the colosseum... The clouds are wonderful.... A work of art my friend...

Cheers,

MaLuisa


Tony Diana   {K:13396} 1/23/2005
:O Gran trbajo, felicidades


Efisio Mureddu   {K:12854} 1/23/2005
Great tecnique, fantastic result.
Thanx to explain it.
E.


Andre Denis   {K:55922} 1/24/2005
One of the best things about this site is when the people here go to great lengths to explain how they got there results. This is a beautiful photograph and I appreciate it all the more when I read how much work has gone into it.
Great job Thilo.
Andre


Amna Al Shamsi   {K:20822} 1/24/2005
Excellent work!


Nathan Gillies   {K:2520} 1/24/2005
wow, absolutely brilliant, great depth


Ursula Luschnig   {K:21809} 1/24/2005
Hi Thilo,jetzt ist mein comment weg...weil ich nicht schnell genug war ,nach dem Favorit ;(
Also,das ist absolut fantastisch..und wenn ich es richtig verstehe,sind das 2 übereinandergelegte Fotos...eins Infrarot...und eins 'normal' ? Sorry...bin leider technisch u. englisch nicht sooo fit ;((
LG,Ursula
7++++
Hab die Kongresshalle noch nie so gut gesehen...


Maria José Barres   {K:11276} 1/24/2005
Wowwwwwwww very good my friend!
You are right in my shot: The color is satured with PS ;-)


Thilo Bayer   {K:50301} 1/24/2005
hi ursula,

ja, das ist ein normales farbbild plus eine infrarotversion als kombination ;-)

ich übe mich gerade an der technik, more to come.

thx fürs wohlwollende feedback,

thilo


Stephen Bowden   {K:64516} 1/24/2005
Amazing work Thilo, fabulous images and the work is incredible. I like very much the resulting landscape image. It actually looks authentic !

Best wishes,
Steve


Thilo Bayer   {K:50301} 1/24/2005
hi steve,

that was the idea behind it: look authentic and not photoshop ;-)

thanks for the compliment,

Thilo


Jeanette Hägglund   {K:59907} 1/24/2005
Oh - just great, beautiful and moody! Excellent.

Jeanette


Carlheinz Bayer   {K:14220} 1/24/2005
Has a chemical and drama look. The color is very interesting and it has a cool atmosphere.
Interesting technique. Need to try that one day...
Excellent work!
CB


Peter De Rycke   {K:39324} 1/24/2005
Splendid shot .. and a great technique you applied .. this will be one of my next tries in IR shot application !! Thanks for the idea and the perfect presentation !!
Peter


Uwe Bachmann   {K:10222} 1/25/2005
alle achtung thilo, tolles ergebnis für den betriebenen aufwand. die farben sind wirklich beeindruckend. finde auch schön, wie das bild aufgebaut ist mit den schönen strukturen des flüssigen und gefrorenen wassers vorn und den wolken oben....

vg, uwe


Thilo Bayer   {K:50301} 1/25/2005
dear cecilia,

infrared always tends to look a bit surrealistic ;-)

thilo


Thilo Bayer   {K:50301} 1/25/2005
Hi Neil,

thanks for the feedback. It's the biggest compliment for me if the image still looks natural.

thilo


Thilo Bayer   {K:50301} 1/25/2005
hi verena,

eigentlich soll man ja auch nix sehen =)

wobei die kontraste einfach nicht mit einer normalen aufnahme zu realisieren sind. du würdest weinen, wenn du die reine farbaufnahme dagegen sehen würdest. das sind wirklich WELTEN =)

Thilo


Thilo Bayer   {K:50301} 1/25/2005
Hi Andre,

I spent most of the work getting there with cam and tripod (it was really cold, btw) =)

Thilo


Thilo Bayer   {K:50301} 1/25/2005
hey bro,

as a tripod is definitely needed, I'm not so sure how often I will do this. the technique rocks IMHO, not it's up the subjects!

t-bro


Thilo Bayer   {K:50301} 1/25/2005
hi uwe,

der größe aufwand war das hinlatschen mit kamera und stativ =)

ich werde mal versuchen, abgefahrenere motive mit der technik zu knipsen =)

Thilo


Andre Denis   {K:55922} 1/25/2005
Hi Thilo
Coming from Canada, I know what you mean about the cold. It was -25c here last weekend. That can really deter you from fiddling with different settings outdoors.
Andre


NN     {K:26787} 1/25/2005
Really looks too good to be true :) A fantastic result, Thilo!!!


Thilo Bayer   {K:50301} 1/25/2005
hi elisa,

"too good to be true": I will hang that on my wall ;-)

hey, that's the fantastic life of IR =)

Thilo


Erik Neldner   {K:10896} 1/25/2005
Well done Thilo! The colors are really unique and the entire composition flows nicely.


Burak Tanriover   {K:16604} 1/26/2005
thank you for the technical information.yes this is very interesting picture.ir's very well executed,my best regards


Kyle Turgeon   {K:727} 1/30/2005
really nice, really contradictory


Marcio Janousek   {K:18856} 1/30/2005
great Thilo !!


Cheryl Ogle   {K:24494} 1/31/2005
Splendid - thanks for sharing!


Kristina Kohut   {K:49990} 1/31/2005
Stunning! Beautiful architecture, fantastic colours, and such cold fresh mood... fantastic!


Zeev Scharf   {K:24818} 2/3/2005
Excellent composition Thilo,superb blending of an Ir shot with a natural one
Great work here my friend
I will send you an Email,asking for some advice on this
Many thanks for commenting "Lighting in the woods IR"
My best regards


Marcia .   {K:16108} 2/4/2005
The effect is just dramatically wonderful... :)
Congratulations
and thanks for sharing the technique.

Márcia


David Hofmann   {K:23830} 2/16/2005
Hallo! Habe durch einen Tip gerade dieses Bild hier entdeckt. Sehr interessante Methode. Sieht klasse aus. Ich finde den Stiel sehr gut wenn ein Bild realistisch und zugleich fremd aussieht, man aber im ersten Moment nicht sagen kann woran es liegt.

Wie auch immer, sehr schönes Bild!


Thilo Bayer   {K:50301} 2/17/2005
Hallo David,

freut mich, wenn dir diese schräge technik gefällt ;-)

wenn das wetter endlich mal mitspielt, wird es definitiv auch mehr von mir dazu geben.

grüße,

thilo


Ameed El-Ghoul   {K:42188} 2/28/2005
Wonderful capture Thilo and excellent skills composing it, You really brought the best out of this image, Excellent technique, thanks for sharing the trick with us, very well done and keep up the good work, Regards,


Lori Stitt   {K:74437} 3/2/2005
Hi Theo,
I've just made this one a favorite, it's simply awesome! The 'tweaking' you did here is excellent, but of course it all begins with a superb image!!

EXCELLENT,
Lori :)


Thilo Bayer   {K:50301} 3/2/2005
Hi Lori,

wow, thanks a lot for this honor. I'm really glad you like it.

best wishes,

thilo


Thilo Bayer   {K:50301} 3/2/2005
hi ameed,

thanks a lot for your kind and constructive words.

thilo


Sally Morgan   {K:9219} 6/28/2005
This is super - it has a slightly unreal feel to it - which is why I like it so much - especially as it's so subtle I don't know why it has an unreal feel!
The sky is really wonderful and there is plenty of interest in the foreground too.
I have ordered an IR filter off eBay - can you give me any tips to get me started? Things like what subjects make good subject, and what setting you have your camera on and how to process them in PS - any tips will be appreciated!


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