I was caught off guard at how white the arch presented in infrared. Generally, items that are green, especially leaves and plants, become white in an infrared capture.The natural color of the arch is more earthtoned, with a yellow/brown/red mixture. I need to do a bit more research. Green and red are color opposites, and I’m wondering if the fact that both can display as white in the infrared spectrum depends on whether they derive their color by reflecting or absorbing light.
Beyond that, I was pleasantly surprised even to find this image last night as I scanned my catalog from the nXnw trip, because I have no memory of taking it. First, I did not remember using my infrared camera at this location. Second, this seems to be from a different perspective than where I remember being situated. Yet here it is.
Have a great weekend and see you back on Monday.
Strictly speaking, the adjective “metropolitan” simply means having the characteristics or features of a city and its surrounding areas. But it has also carried a connotation of sophistication and perhaps even glamour.
Well, this scene from Metropolitan Avenue just on the Brooklyn side of the Brooklyn/Queens border lives up to the strict definition, but not my gloss. Metropolitan Avenue run the length of Brooklyn from the waterfront to Queens, and covers maybe 2/3 of Queens before merging into Jamaica Avenue. It covers a broad range – industrial, commercial, and residential, upscale, downscale, hip and timeless.
This is in an industrial section. In my experience, it is somewhat uncommon to see so much home-made signage in New York, especially so ornate and colorful.
I will probably resume the national park images with a new photo from Utah tomorrow.
This is a view of St. Mary’s Church in Yonkers, NY, aka the Church of the Immaculate Conception, which has been featured numerous times here before. This is taken from the raised pulpit, which I believe might be more properly called an ambo in the a Catholic church. I like the raised, but lower than balcony perspective this provides.
From the last scenic location that the nXnw crew and I visited before leaving Moab — Shafer Canyon in Canyonlands National Park. On the whole, I do not think I did the location justice. I think I was just too exhausted. But that does not mean I left without any good photos. Some places just don’t let you leave without anything worthwhile.
UPDATE: I was not fully pleased with this image as I posted it, so I revised it and replaced it the next morning. It is the same photo, with some slightly different processing.
Another image from the abandoned ghost town of Cisco, Utah, with a couple of notes.
First, I haven’t done a formal search but I am reasonably certain that this is the first ever image I have posted using a fisheye lens. I rented one for this trip, and used it somewhat sparingly. The lens has never held the fascination for me that it has for many of my friends. I I do not dislike it, and I cannot articulate why, but that is the reality. I broke it out in Cisco because it seemed to accent the alternative reality feel of a ghost town.
Second, I processed this using the HDRSoft Photomatix 32-bit Lightroom plugin, that creates a single 32-bit Floating Point TIFF file. I do not fully grasp the technology, but do know that instead of creating a stnadard tonemapped HDR file, it creates a file with enormous dynamic range, that you manually tonemap using various controls in Lightroom, mostly highlights and shadows, plus brushes for dodging and urning. It tends to create a more realistic look than the regular tonemapping process. It also works only through Lightroom, which is complicating my decision to remain in Aperture and not switch to Lightroom.
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LensScaper - That is so totally different. Infrared has breathed new life into this shot, Mark. I don’t imagine many infrared images have been taken of this – you may be on to something here.
Michael Criswell - This is sweet Mark, I never thought IR would look that way on the arch, awesome!