Clipsham yew trree walk

[mike_j]

We visited this location at the weekend - a driveway up to a manor house lined with topiary yew trees in fantastic shapes.



The dark yews against the lighter woodland didn't stand out too well in colour so I thought I would take a few shots with an IR filter. It's easy on a Leica M8 as they are absurdly oversensitive to IR and exposure was about 1/45 at f4. Focusing is approximate though the 28mm lens I used does have an IR index mark.

[Stephen]

Re: Clipsham yew tree walk

We visited this location at the weekend - a driveway up to a manor house lined with topiary yew trees in fantastic shapes.

The dark yews against the lighter woodland didn't stand out too well in colour so I thought I would take a few shots with an IR filter. It's easy on a Leica M8 as they are absurdly oversensitive to IR and exposure was about 1/45 at f4. Focusing is approximate though the 28mm lens I used does have an IR index mark.

Never done any IR stuff, though have often seen it and never been sure about it. I think given the right subject and conditions it can be effective.

I checked the exif of your 2 shots, though from what you say I'm not sure if its correct
Camera Maker: Leica Camera AG
Camera Model: M8 Digital Camera
Image Date: 2010-09-25 10:19:21 +0100
Aperture: f/32.0
Exposure Time: 0.033 s (1/30)
ISO equiv: 1250
Exposure Bias: none
Metering Mode: Center Weight
Exposure: aperture priority (semi-auto)
White Balance: Auto
Light Source: Unknown
Flash Fired: No (Auto)

f/32 and ISO 1250 seems odd.

Have to say though that I'd hate the job of clipping those trees every year

[mike_j]

Re: Clipsham yew trree walk

The f number is not what is set on the lens as there is no communication between the lenses and the body. The M8 infers (guesses) the aperture by the difference between a sensor near the viewfinder and the light hitting the internal exposure meter. It's only approximate with an uncoded lens and when a filter is on the lens it's way out as it is affected by the filter factor. The f32 gives some indication of how much light is being lost with the IR filter. I'm pretty certain I was using f4.

Shutter speed will be right, I didn't check those specific shots but I noticed when taking the series of pics exposure was mostly around 1/30 - 1/60th.

I quite enjoy taking these IR shots, it goes give a different outlook and sometimes they are very effective. Only cost is a cheap HK filter from ebay.

[Jocelyn Walker]

Re: Clipsham yew tree walk

Gosh the details do stand out in IR! Looks a bit like a reversed negative! Fancy being the person to shear/shave that lot with such intricacy! Must take hrs & Hrs!!