Blooming Almonds Infrared
by Mike Lee
Title
Blooming Almonds Infrared
Artist
Mike Lee
Medium
Photograph - Digital Photography
Description
When I had a full spectrum modification done to an old camera I ordered two filters with it. I got the 830 nanometer filter which only allows near infrared light to pass (the visible light part of the electromagnetic spectrum ends somewhere in the mid 700 nanometer range). I use this filter for deep contrasty black and white imagery. I also ordered a 590nm filter. This filter blocks some of the yellows and everything lower in the spectrum (no blues, greens, purples, etc). It allows some yellows, oranges and reds along with the full infrared part of the spectrum. This facilitates the creation of some rather surreal artistic “false color” imagery. It also requires a fair bit more on the post production side of things and therefore has a longer learning curve than the pure IR black and white which is fairly straight forward. This is the first image from that filter that I find worthy of sharing. I still have some learning/practicing to do as of this posting but I feel like I’m figuring some of it out. By swapping the red and blue channels in post production, along with a few other techniques you can bring back blue to the sky (even though absolutely zero blue color was captured in camera). Greens end up ranging from yellow to almost white adding a bit of warmth to the overall look.
I grabbed this image of an almond orchard alongside Interstate 5 in the vicinity of Artois California while traveling through the area on an early March day. The entire time I drove down that highway I was back and forth between sun and rain and caught this orchard when some good sun broke through, which helps infrared photography greatly
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March 8th, 2023
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Comments (91)
Angelo Marcialis 9 Days Ago
Very nice capture Mike, and congratzon the feature in the "Skyscapes" group!
Allan Van Gasbeck 10 Days Ago
Congratulations! Your outstanding artwork has been chosen as a FEATURE in the “The Skyscapes” group on Fine Art America — You are invited to post your featured image to the featured image discussion thread as a permanent place to continue to get exposure even after the image is no longer on the Home Page.
Jenny Revitz Soper 19 Days Ago
Congratulations! Your artwork was featured on The Artists Group's homepage on April 6, 2024. Please share it in the Features Discussion thread or any relevant thread.
Sarah Irland 21 Days Ago
A beautiful photograph, Mike! I love the look you've achieved with the filters and post processing. L/F
Steve Rich
Your work deserves to be featured in our group "The Meandering Photographer" Please consider adding this work to the "Feature History, The Meandering Photographer (March-April 2024)" active discussion thread. (l/f on 3-26-2024)
Gary F Richards
Congratulations on your Top Finish in the contest… ART TO ENJOY - GROUP MEMBERS ONLY! F/L
Gary F Richards
Awesome Blooming Almonds Infrared composition, lighting, shading, lovely colors and artwork! F/L voted
Gary F Richards
Congratulations on your Top Finish in the contest… EXPERIMENTAL PHOTOGRAPHY BEST OF 2023! F/L
Julie Weber
Congratulations on your placement in the Experimental Photography Best of 2023 contest. L
Alex Lapidus
Congratulations on your fourth place finish in the Experimental Photography Best of 2023 contest! Fabulous work!
Christopher James
One of your peers nominated this image in the 1000 Views on One Image Group's Special Features Nominations For Promotion #27 . Please help your fellow artists by visiting and passing on the love to another artist in the the 1000 Views on One Image Group....L/F/Tw
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