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14-JUL-2008

7/15/08 - Hemlock Springs IR

Love the way the IR effect (white foliage) makes the hemlock carcasses on the mountain sides "pop". These beautiful hemlocks in Shenandoah National Park are *all* dead, gone, here no-more thanks to an infestation coupled with an enlightened national park service policy to "let nature take its course" (in Shenandoah only; thankfully the Great Smokies park service folks had their heads out of their butts and are working to save their hemlocks). Thanks, NPS.
Great post-storm clouds yesterday - which are a key ingredient for nice IR landscape images. Taken at Hemlock Springs overlook on Skyline Drive (roughly 3400 feet elevation; looking toward the Virginia Piedmont).
By the way, this was processed using Nik Software's newly released Silver Efex Pro. If you enjoy B&W then run, don't walk, to your computer and download the trial version. As a tester, this is the product that I've been using in my B&W experiments that past few months. Absolutely wonderful!

Nikon D70
1/50s f/11.0 at 48.0mm full exif

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Bryan Ramsay16-Jul-2008 02:06
Very well done Ed! How much easier is Silver Efex than PS CS3 for B&W work? VR BJ
Joseph Brennskag15-Jul-2008 11:48
Hi Ed...superb image. Good composition. I really like the surreal effect of infrared. I ordered a D70 converted for IR only and it should be arriving today. Hope I can get something as excellent as this. V
Guest 15-Jul-2008 11:44
Very nice image. I've been thinking of Efex Pro, but the $199 price tag has held me up. Been thinking the same could be done in Photoshop, with a lot more work, of course, But ...