Digital Infrared Capture & Workflow

Adventures with Lab Colour Mode continued

Lab Mode Colour Examples

Clive R. Haynes FRPS

These images are something of a technical exercise to illustrate what can be done.  The results certainly won’t appeal to everyone!

Many IR enthusiasts are particularly interested in the 590nm conversion for the so-called 'golden glow' it offers.

Knowing colour can be recovered from an IR file I decided to show how, with a bit of tweaking in Lab Mode the popular 720 nm conversion can emulate the 590nm golden tone and offer an extended range of other colours too.

The result can be toned down or enhanced depending upon one's intent. It serves to illustrate how the new 'false colour' could be used to further control a monochrome image from this point.  In some instances this may offer greater tonal control than ‘Channel Swapping’.’.