Part of my photographic explorations from the last year were in the area of Infrared photography. After some initial playing around, I bit the proverbial bullet and had my Canon EOS 5D MkII converted to filter at 590 nm (5900 Angstrom), which left me plenty of options on how I want to process the image.
Here’s one of the shots with this camera…
Red Brick Road
Seeing this beautiful red brick walkway in front of me, I couldn’t help but take this shot. As I know what the trees would do in IR, this lent itself for a B&W image that I still enjoy.
As I got waylaid by too many items in my todo list, I thought I’d share something quick and amusing…
Free Parking
During one of the photowalks at the New England Camera Club Council meeting of 2022, I saw this interesting bicycle on the University of Massachusetts, Amherst campus.
The image was shot with a camera converted for Infrared photography.
There are times in all of our lives, whether professional, personal or creative, that we need to find a new spark of inspiration to drive us to that next level.
I have been looking for a while to find a that source of ignition in my creative endeavors, as my photography was suffering from seeing the world around me in the same way that I have for a long time. One area of photography that has intrigued me for a while is that of Infrared photography, or, more accurately, filtering out a significant part of the visible spectrum.
As there was an upcoming Infrared photography workshop led by Lee Varis and Bobbi Lane (link) rather nearby to me, I took the plunge and had one of my DSLRs converted to a sensor that would filter all light wavelengths shorter than 590nm. As 590nm is in the yellow-orange part of the visible spectrum, the sensor will capture from there to the deep red and infrared bands.
Here is an image that I captured yesterday during this workshop…
Nature’s Beacon
The image is an allium flower backlit by the afternoon Sun. I was pleasantly surprised by the effect of a slight bit of lens flare within the body of the flower, as if provides the sense of hot gases escaping from a celestial body.
Part of what I enjoy thus far in IR photography is that what you see through the camera is not the image that you’ll create after processing. The Raw capture by the camera looks like this:
Nature’s Beacon (unprocessed)
In this unprocessed image you can see the part of the spectrum that was capture. While I’m still learning more about the processing of 590nm IR images, the basic steps I follow are these:
– Convert RAW image to DNG for white balance adjustment – Select my 590nm white balance profile in Adobe Camera Raw – In Photoshop swap the Blue and Red channels in the image and make other edits
As I gain more experience with the processing, I will put together a post about it.
Welcome to week 166 of the Tuesday Photo Challenge!
Last week’s theme of Trail generated some stunning results! They were most enjoyable. As the Summer solstice passed last week, I was looking to use an image that captures some of the bright brilliance of the season. The image in this post inspired the idea of using Radiant for this week’s theme, both in the light emanating from the tree and the Sun’s power that is unleashed during the season.
Of course, Radiant can go in a number of directions, all of which I’ll enjoy seeing over the next week! I hope you have a lot of fun with this theme!!
Here’s the tree that inspired the theme…
Verdant radiance!
This is a shot from my backyard that I took while experimenting with an Infrared lens filter. It took a bit to figure out, but it created a great effect with the right processing…
The full rules of this challenge are in TPC Guidelines, but here’s the tl;dr:
Create a pingback link to this post, so that I can create a post showing all of the submissions over the week (note: pingbacks may not appear immediately, as my site is set up to require approval for linking to it; helps against previous bad experiences with spamming)
Have fun creating something new (or sharing something old)!!
Don’t trail! Be first and don’t lose the trail! Have fun!
Welcome to Week 125 of the Tuesday Photo Challenge! Your entries to last week’s challenge Lifted this challenge to a higher level, for which I thank you!
After last week’s soaring theme, I thought that I’d try to bring it back down to earth for this week. This week’s theme is inspired by a new lens filter that I got recently, as I decided to give it a try, and was intrigued by the results. As I did the test in my Backyard, I figured that might be a good starting point for a challenge theme. Of course, Backyard is a relative term, so it’s not expected that every photo is taken in your literal backyard, and you are free to take poetic license!
So, go explore to find what intrigues you in your backyard or beyond, and share it with your fellow bloggers! I’m looking forward to seeing the results of this week!
This was what I captured in my backyard…
Backyard View
There is something a bit different about this image, as I used a B+W Infrared filter for this photo. The filter drastically changed what was captured on my Fuji X-H1’s sensor, which when taken to a monochrome palette created this image. The experiment was also my first use of my new Lensbaby Burnside 35 lens, which is another ingredient for exploration. As I’m off to the Netherlands in a couple of days, there will be time for photography experiments, so expect some results!!
The full rules of this challenge are in TPC Guidelines, but here’s the tl;dr:
Create a pingback link to this post, so that I can create a post showing all of the submissions over the week (note: pingbacks may not appear immediately, as my site is set up to require approval for linking to it; helps against previous bad experiences with spamming)
Have fun creating something new (or sharing something old)!!
I’m looking forward to seeing you lift the veil and uncover the beauty that lay hidden!
Dutch goes the Photo! 