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Monday’s Spectrum Exploration – v2

More steps in the infrared creative process, as I’m trying to get to a workflow that fits with what I like in infrared photography.

As I mentioned in yesterday’s Monday’s Spectrum Exploration post, I was less than fully gruntled with the result of the initial edits. Part of my problem was that I was cobbling together various pieces of process and probably taking aim at my foot. So, as I was waiting for my new tires for my car (nail in tire during Sunday’s adventures), I did 5 minutes of digging.

Here’s the first stab after I got home…

Exoplanetary Falls

This color palette is more along the lines of what I was trying to achieve. It’s not 100% to my taste yet, but a serious step in the right direction. Interesting is that one of the hot spots in the waterfall appears to reflect foliage.

Also, I took one more step…

Bear’s Den of the Ancients

This B&W result is much closer to what I like and I’m reasonably pleased with this experiment. It has given me some good feedback on what to look for when shooting with the 720nm converted 5D.

Baby steps!

Monday’s Spectrum Exploration

This Sunday, I followed the magnificent amounts of water that have been added to New England over the past couple of weeks. Rivers are swollen, as they thunder downstream, spillways are filled with spray and there’s just an abundance of water everywhere. No need to send out the doves yet, as we’re keeping our heads above water!

So I went exploring…

alt.Bear’s Den

First of I will admit that I’m not 100% satisfied with this edit yet and I will be doing some additional work on this. I don’t quite have the 720nm editing process nailed down yet. However, this does intrigue me, as the sky is a deep blue and the white of the leaves now has some amount of red in it… It’s almost as if we’re on an exo-planet.

There will be more experimentation…

Will Spring Appear Soon?

A visit to Bear’s Den Falls in New Salem, Massachusetts, seeking to capture its snowy beauty after recent snowfall.

As we’re getting to the tail end of Winter, I took a drive out to New Salem, Massachusetts. I had the goal to explore what Bear’s Den Falls looked like in the snow, as we had a good bit of snow over the past week, and the sun was out! I also took into account that we had some warmer days, and was hoping for a bit of volume.

This is what I found…

Bear’s Den in Winter

As you can see, the falls are still ice and snow covered, which reduces their effect in a photo. Also, there was still a lot of debris from the high winds that went through the treetops over the past week.

I will definitely want to return to find something closer to this…

Bear’s Den Summer

There will be more opportunities in the months ahead!

Regardless, it was a nice day to go for a drive and hike the ice and snow to see Bear’s Den. And in my explorations, I did find another photo opportunity.

I will post that one in a little while!