Still Playing With the New Toy

I think I've become a woman obsessed. I'm sure the novelty will wear off eventually, but for now I just can't help myself. I went out in the back yard this morning with a tripod so I could test out longer exposure times. Unfortunately I think longer exposure times are mostly necessary if I'm actually using an IR filter. Since I just shelled out a bunch of bucks for the camera, it's going to be awhile before I can plunk down more on a filter. If anything, I'll be buying a new lens first.

I think I got more a more dramatic effect in this photo than the previous since the sun was almost directly overhead when I took the picture. In the last photo, it was almost 6:30PM when I took it, so the sun was a lot lower and the shadows were deeper.

So again, I post-processed the IR type effect in Photoshop - I'm not happy with the way the middle of the grass looks, under the tree - I had to clone out a brick fireplace we have sitting in the yard because I just didn't like the way it looks. Unfortunately my clone-brush skills kind of suck. Oh well, I guess I can't expect much from the 15 minutes I spent messing around with it.

Practice makes perfect, I guess. Or at least it makes me borderline obsessive.