Bok Gardens

[Banksy]

Went out to Lake Wales this past Sunday and got some shots.

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[NikkiXoXo]

Nice Shots .. . I like them a lot .

I have been meaning to go there to take photos, real pretty place.

[fish]

those are really beautiful.

[Regina]

Oh my god, those are gorgeous photos! I love that place for photography. One of the swans tried to attack me though. How did you get the colors so vibrant??? They are really outstanding, especially the macro ones like the Green Anole.

[LilBit]

The first three are my favorites! Gorgeous shots! :bigthumb:

[Banksy]

Thanks everyone.

Regina, those Swans attacked my lens a few times going for the shot. ;)
The colors came from post processing saturation.

[Miles]

what ISO were you shooting at?

[Mars_302]

looks like 800-1600. musta been quite a dark day over there I guess?

[Miles]

i can't really differentiate between color noise that you get from jacking around your saturation/vibrance/whatever else and luminance noise, is why i ask. definitely a lot of something going on in quite a few of those photos.

i really dig the shot of the statue. the lighting definitely helped out a lot on that one.

[Regina]

Thanks everyone.

Regina, those Swans attacked my lens a few times going for the shot. ;)
The colors came from post processing saturation.

I guess I really need to play around in PS a bit more to see what I can do.

They are violent winged creatures, huh?!

[beautiful_disaster]

I love Bok Tower!! It's so beautiful there!

Your pictures are amazing, Jedd!! Even the spider ones from what I could tell as I quickly scrolled past them because they make my skin crawl.

[Banksy]

ISO was 800 and it was a little overcast, other then that I really don't what else I'm doing, still learning a lot.

[Mars_302]

a good trick on overcast days to try sometime, is take it outta auto white balance and goto cloudy. it gives everything a nice warming affect and really does make the colors pop on their own.

[Sabotage]

very nice! i want that lizard, hes so pretty!

[satanshatch]

Some of the best pics I've ever taken were of Tonya and I there.. :) Good shots . Tonya loves the Spiders. Take more for her.

[SorsSalutis]

Great shots! I like #2, #3 & the last one the best.

[Banksy]

Thanks again guys. :)

Jerm, i'll try that next time.

[*Jennifer*]

Those are really good shots...

[Goop]

Jedd man, good stuff! Seriously I love those shots. Bok is really cool, and I gotta check that place out again. Ever been to Spook Hill? I like the 2nd and 3rd sunflower photos the best out of all of the flower photos. I almost didn't notice the bee in it either :) The Anole or Chameleon is really cool as well as the swans too.

[adric]

Terrific photos! Thanks for sharing them.

[DD.]

Nice job Jedd. :thumbup:

The colors look great.

[Banksy]

Thanks again everyone.

My Massa IR Filter comes in two weeks. I'm going to head back out there when I get it and try for some shots with a Tim Burton vibe.

[Yenster]

Wow beautiful! Awesome work.

[nikki.]

seriously beautiful pictures jedd. thanks for sharing!

[ABates]

What an awesome location. I totally thought you couldn't take professional cameras in there?

[Mars_302]

Thanks again everyone.

My Massa IR Filter comes in two weeks. I'm going to head back out there when I get it and try for some shots with a Tim Burton vibe.


how much was it? Ive been dying to get into IR but from what ppl have said its kinda pointless with just the filters. I've been so wanting to get a spare digi body and having it sent off and having the IR cutoff filter removed

[Banksy]

how much was it? Ive been dying to get into IR but from what ppl have said its kinda pointless with just the filters. I've been so wanting to get a spare digi body and having it sent off and having the IR cutoff filter removed

$22.45
http://www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.14265

[NeENeRs]

holy mother of sweet jesus that place is gorgeous!

i've been wanting to go to a garden for-freaking-ever!!!!!! :sad:

[Gdad]

Very nice series.

[Banksy]

Ty all.

So my IR filter came in yesterday and i'm confused on how to use it. Is it supposed to be jet black? I don't see how light can enter.

[Mars_302]

yea all the ones ive seen are that way. Id imagine youd have to compose everything without it, install it and see how it goes.

[Banksy]

I've been looking around and it appears on most DSLR, you'll have to hard-mod the light sensor to make it capable of detecting IR light. I'll try setting a higher ISO, 20sec exposure and a tripod to see if it picks anything up. If not, anyone wanna buy an IR filter? ;)

[Mars_302]

http://www.lifepixel.com/IR.htm

dyi if you wanna get ballsy and do it yourself or have someone else do it.

[Banksy]

Yea i'm not too comfortable messing with something I already know little about. Hopefully the long exposure, tripod and ISO trick works. If not, that and $50 for your Tokina? :)

[Mars_302]

temting cause I could use the money, but if its not going to work for you, it wont work for me either unless I remove the internal IR filter as well. Thought you had a nikon anyway

[Banksy]

Woot! Got it working. Just needed a longer exposure time.

[Mars_302]

wel post something up

[Banksy]

Here's a quick one I did in the back yard.
Once I get some better scenery i'll apply this false colour bit I read about.
http://khromagery.com.au/digital_ir.html#false

http://www.jeddlancaster.com/ir.jpg

[Mars_302]

id totally bring the ISO back down, turn on the camera noise reduction and set it to bulb mode with the remote. other than the noise its cool, I always loved the stark whites of IR photos

[Banksy]

200? 400?

[Mars_302]

me personally id probably just do 100 and do a 30 second exposure and see how it comes out. Though id make sure it was a windless day

[Drewster]

Nice photos.....