Infrared - invert red/blue or not?

[3ntreri]

I was playing with my infrared filter and finally discovered the trick where you create a custom white balance for your infrared shots.

Anyway. I forgot to take a natural-light shot of this scene before I put the filter on, but basically the trunk was bright red and the leaves were turning a dull brown. The sun was randomly peeking through the clouds behind me so I only got a few moments of direct sunlight at a time, making the IR effect less obvious.

The first shot is the untouched JPG as produced by the camera (with a custom WB). The one on the right had the levels tweaked and I created an inverse layer blended in "Hue" mode.

Which do you like better?


Body: Canon T1i
Lens: 18-55mm IS
Filter: Hoya R72
Shutter: 25 seconds
Aperture: f/8
ISO: 800

I like that you can see the dead branch better in the one on the right, but I like the tone of the first one better.

Critique?

Thanks

[CassA]

...I like the second one much better, im not sure why ... on the first one I like how tree has that blueish wierd colour, but it seems to me that there isn't much contrast to the rest of the picture. And the second looks brighter and colourful... anyhow, I like it!