Infrared Glow

Although there are software infrared plugins, and they can work on occasion, infrared subjects can render as black and white when converted to IR in software. For example, software cannot determine that dark green kelp is actually in the infrared spectrum, rendering as B&W. True infrared can only be captured digitally by having one of your older cameras converted to infrared. However, anyone who has processed film infrared (an ever dwindling number...), the attraction is the over processed glow. I have been trying to achieve the glow effect and it can be achieved in several ways, all a bit different, but one of my favorite ways to get the infrared glow is to take your adjusted infrared image into Nik's Color Efex Pro. The Midnight filter can work, but is a very different interpretation, working best on very bright to slightly over exposed images. On this image, the Glamour Glow filter was used to create the sense of depth and infrared glow. Don't be fooled by the name (it sounds like something to use on a fashion photography subject).
Glamour Glow is one of my most used Nik filters!