False color infrared flowers

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Continuing with my explorations of infrared photography. As I was nearing Sleepy Hollow after my walk around the Rockefeller State Park Preserve, I walked by a number of houses many of them with flowers growing in their gardens. So, I thought I should try what effect false infrared photography had on flowers.

I like some of the results, especially the one above. In fact, the only one I don’t like much is the last one, but that might well be my fault. Maybe I didn’t process it correctly.

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Taken with a Sony F828 and fixed Zeiss 28-200mm f2-2.8

Flowers near the Library

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I volunteer at the Briarcliff Manor – Scarborough Historical Society (BMSHS), which is located in the same building as the Briarcliff Manor Recreation Department, The Vescio Community Center, and the Briarcliff Public Library.

The picture above was taken in some flower beds right outside the main entrance to the library. I believe it’s a purple Allium.

I’m not sure what the next two flowers are. The first picture looks like it might be Woodland Poppy. The second looks like Forget-me-not. They were taken alongside the Pocantico River, which passes right by the rear entrance to the library (via the Recreation Department and the BMSHS).

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The final picture was taken outside of where I work. You can see it through our windows. I think it’s apple blossom.

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Taken with a Nikon D800 and Nikon AF Nikkor70-300mm f4-5.6G

More infrared

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Almost a year ago (doesn’t time fly!) I documented my attempts at Infrared photography. See:

The above focused on black and white infrared photography and I was quite pleased with the results.

I also tried so-called false color infrared photography (See: First attempts at false color infrared photography). Frankly the results were terrible. I didn’t get it; didn’t understand properly how to do it; and didn’t like it much.

However, I can be quite persistent, and I vowed to try it again, so the other day I went out into some nearby woodland (actually it’s right across the road from my house) to try again. This time I was better prepared. I’d bought a book; watched YouTube tutorials; read articles etc. I was hoping for better results than the last. I wasn’t disappointed. My preparations seem to have helped. Of course, this type of photography is not to every one’s taste, but I rather like the way the pictures came out.

For more examples of this type of photography take a look at my website, here.

The first link above: Trying out Infrared Photography – Exploring the Options describes how I came to the camera I’m presently using for infrared photography. I love it, but it’s still a ten-year-old camera with a very small, low-resolution sensor. I bought it because I didn’t know if I’d enjoy infrared photography and I didn’t want to spend a lot of money until I was certain that I would want to continue with it. I’m now sure that I will and plan to acquire a newer, higher resolution camera with a larger sensor. More on that later.

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Taken with a Sony F828 and fixed Zeiss 28-200mm f2-2.8