Infrared Images seems as if they can take too much time in the post-processing, also consider this the black magic of Photoshop or just blackening the background. And a round of photo editing tips.
5 Creative Ways to Process Infrared Images:
http://digital-photography-school.com/5-creative-ways-to-process-infrared-photographs-in-photoshop/
A one-click approach, or you could take a more technical approach with the channel mixer and using the raw filters.
Black Magic of Photoshop:
Taking a regular photo that you could have taken of a flower and transforming it into a backdrop of dramatic and pen point view. Using a blackened background.
Tips for Photo Editing:
http://www.elsewhere-blog.com/2014/06/tips-for-photo-editing-part-2.html
From the Mac Apple Store, these filters that summarize a summer-haze feeling. This is a post about one person's favorite analog filters which could be a gateway to what you're looking for.
Filters, the black magic of Photoshop and Processing Infrared images in creative ways seems to fill this week. Come back next week for more on Image Effects, Filters, Masks and Other Image Processing Methods.