Coolpix P2 IR - examples of postprocessing PDF Print E-mail
Written by agatek   
Saturday, 03 May 2008 04:01

Usually IR images are post-processed to get them this particular appearance of blue sky and pale-yellow vegetation. It is done by a red-blue channel swapping. In principle this can be also done here as it is shown below. I am a bit hesitant to come up here with somewhat more categorical statement because I am not entirely satisfied with the results. For some reasons the images recorded with the camera are poorly color saturated. It is possible to boost the saturation but with the limited color depth resolution you certainly end up with more or less obvious artifacts (also visible in the pictures below). I expect one of the following reasons: a cheap sensor camera with no raw images or some inadequate settings (whitebalans or other internal camera).

 

 



As it was mentioned elsewhere a hot-spot appears in majority of the images. In many cases it is difficult to have it noticed it or it is not that obvious what is it actually (it may be well a part of the photographed scene). Usually post-processing makes it emphasized. The pictures included below show a case where the spot is particularly visible. It appears in a form of slightly colored hazed area right in the middle of the images. If you oversaturate the image and adjust the hue (the bottom image) its presence become obvious.

 

 

 

 

Last Updated on Saturday, 03 May 2008 06:52