In some of my past posts I have written about my enjoyment of experimenting with my photography, among which Infrared photography has played and will continue to play a role. In ‘A Thursday Throwback‘ from a couple of weeks ago, I shared an image that I still enjoy in its ethereal black & white looks, which has many greens turn to bright white.
In today’s image, I took a different approach in treating the image…
This shot came about during an infrared photography walk at Tower Hill Botanic Garden in Boylston, Massachusetts. There were a lot of interesting images that came about that day (and I will share more of them in upcoming posts), and this one really stood out among them.
I have a fondness for capturing sunbursts, as they can sometimes produce a striking image. To achieve the desired angle, I positioned myself rather flat on the ground and wiggled into just the right angle to get the Sun placed behind the allium flower. I also had a bit of luck, as it appears that a small element detached itself from the flower to float up into the air a bit.
I’ll put together a series of posts on my infrared experimentation at a later time, as it is a lot of fun to work through the process of visualizing what might be and then post-processing to get the desired and hoped-for results.