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I am thinking of getting into IR a bit more. I can't seem to find any resources comparing using an IR filter to doing it in Photoshop. Would anyone have any insight into the benefits of doing IR the "real" way?

Doing it in photoshop is not the same thing they look different as a real IR image records different information then visible light.. If you are interested in photography then do it in camera, if PS is your thing then fake it in PS or you can do both.

For myself I start with real IR and then make it fake in post.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/metrix_fee ... 2353/show/

Thanks for the tips, now I have to figure out if I should get an IR filter for my 10-20 or my 18-50.

I use an infrared filter (hoya r72) I love the look it gives .. Mind you its only good in mid afternoon sun otherwise it looks like crap usually Imo and your shutter times are cut down to usually 1 second exposures so you'll need a tripod... I would get a larger one then an adapter for you smaller lens

You can't do everything in Photoshop. namely, if the information isn't there you can't put it in. IR photography is based on recording IR light which is normally blocked by the filters in front of digital sensors or not recorded at all by the normal film.

Although you might try to fake it in Photoshop you won't be able to put in the information which hasn't been recorded, and this missing information is what makes IR photography atractive in the first place: You get to see things that are normally hidden.

Matrix your photos are amazing.

I just got an Cokin IR filter, the nice thing about it is that it's made to fit large lense size, but you need an adapter for every size you have. The adapters are quite cheap tough.