COLOR INFRARED: The closer to "White-Light" the IR filter is, the more color capabilities will be included in the photos. For a few years, I had a LifePixel "Super-Color" Infrared filter that replaced the camera's hot-filter, allowing me to use the camera as a regular camera (for the most part). The camera photographed light at 590 nanometers, providing a good variation of IR color, much like what insects and some animals see. However, when the photos are placed into the computer, they must undergo a red and blue channel swap in order to get rid of the intense RED that the filter produces. Once the channels are swapped, you get a nice blue sky and bright foliage. Of course, black and white conversions turn out different than regular black and white film as well, but they are NOT the same as high IR, such as the photos I have downloaded at 830 nm.
PLEASE ignore the copyright or notes on the bottom of these photos - they were originally created several months or years ago for other websites or for other purposes.
Above: Lassen Volcanic National Park and Manzanita Lake
Above: This is one of my favorite IR photos, and also one of my earliest photos, done with a Canon SL1 modified with a "Super Color IR" Filter, which filters light at 590nm.
Above: This is also an early photo using the Canon SL1, 590nm filter. I also have a version of this photo, same photo, but the entire photo looks as if it had just snowed. The wonderful parts of using an IR modified camera.
Above: This is one of my all-time favorite IR photos! Taken in the White Mountains in the Eastern Sierras of California of a Bristle Cone Pine Tree, the oldest living organisms in the world. They live 3,000 - 5,000 years or more and yet only grow 5-10 feet high because of the harsh climate they live in.
