Spooky Old House False Color
by Mike Lee
Title
Spooky Old House False Color
Artist
Mike Lee
Medium
Photograph - Digital Photography
Description
I always tell myself to never leave the house without a camera. More often than not when the purpose of leaving isn’t specifically photography I forget. However, on this day I actually remembered to grab one on the way out to the store. My full spectrum camera and all its filters reside in a very small and light carry case so there really is no excuse not to grab it and it is very versatile so it will handle a wide variety of shooting scenarios.
On this spring day during the early afternoon I noticed some nice puffy white clouds in the sky. These conditions always get me thinking about infrared (IR) shooting. This old house is one of the first things I ever shot upon getting the full spectrum modification done. The first time I shot it in black and white IR on a day with no clouds and when the tree was leafless in winter. That image has its merits; it definitely looks a bit more eerie, but I have wanted a shot with leaves on the tree as foliage really reflects near IR light (especially in spring when the leaves are nice and filled with chlorophyll ). Therefore, I took a quick detour on the way home from the store and grabbed a few frames.
This image was captured with the 590 nanometer filter which allows a mix of visible (from yellows through oranges and reds) and near IR light to pass through. This allows production of "false color" images like this after some post production work such as swapping the red and blue color channels to turn the sky back to a more natural blue instead of the crazy red appearance it has straight out of the camera. The look doesn’t work for everyone or every subject but I think it works well here and hope others do as well.
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May 13th, 2024
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Comments (20)
Brian Morefield - Prose Imagery
Intriguing filtering and processing effect Mike! The purity of the clouds and clean blue sky create an interesting juxtaposition to stark brush and abandoned house.
Sharon W
Mike! This is one strange and awesome capture and image! Your 'false color' is absolutely brilliant, and I'm not sure I understand how you did it, but wow I love it! Fascinating and hard to stop viewing. I am glad I came across this, but I am trying to find your newest images and can't. Sorry about that.
Johanna Hurmerinta
Your work deserves to be featured in our group "The Meandering Photographer" Please consider adding this work to 'Featured work in July - August 2024' active discussion thread - and any other thread you like in the group. (l/f on 07-08-2024)
Jenny Revitz Soper
Congratulations! Your artwork was featured on The Artists Group's homepage on July 5, 2024. Please share it in the Features Discussion thread or any relevant thread. Thank you for your contribution to the group, and we look forward to seeing more of your incredible artwork in the future.
Soraya D'Apuzzo
Congratulations! Your beautiful artwork was chosen for the Home Page of 07/03/2024 of YOUR BEST WORK GROUP. Please add the artwork in the appropriate section of the threads. Thank you!
Angelo Marcialis
Great image Mike, and congratulations on the feature in the "Mind-Blowing Photography" group!
Dianne Cowen Cape Cod Photography
Very cool, Mike - Love the lighting. Congratulations on your Features:))
Alex Lapidus
Congratulations, your image has been featured in the Experimental Photography group -- thanks for sharing it with us! Please feel free to add it to the April - June 2024 Feature Archive in the Discussion section (using the "embed" link on your image page).
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