I visited planet earth yesterday!

Didn't stay long, but I had a few minutes to linger with an 850nm converted XE2 and the 16/2 lens.

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. Waited a bit here, as the clouds groups were on the move

. A few minutes later, a few steps away. . .

.   . . . and once more.

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. A quick pass by the reservoir before departing. . .

.  Chanced a 3 shot sweep for later stitching.  Not too shabby, no?

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I can't wait to go back there again!   You should visit yourself if you ever get a chance.  You won't regret it.

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Nice work. Thanks for the narrative too.

Very nice.  I also have a converted X-E2 that has seen no action.  Maybe it is time for me to begin!

Bob

Scotty wrote:

These are really stunning! I see a lot of IR-type images, and not many get my attention, but these certainly did. I don't know if "IR" is quite what you did here, but it worked well, IMO.

Thanks, v.much, Scotty.

With most natural light work, I never feel the exposure is 100% satisfactory as to the overall balance of the exposure (if nothing else). So even when shooting JPG with a custom setup that’s mostly good, I still manage to want to work an image over. I falter from time to time, but always return to just RAW. Control freak? Me?

Anyways, 720nm IR gives more color to manipulate in a mono conversion (which I had in the past), but I went for the stronger 850nm infrared to see what it was like. A good ETTR exposure OOC is very disappointing, however. The whites appear all washed out, the rest is dull and somewhat hazy. But add some Dehaze (in LR terms) and it starts to take shape.

To keep this [cough] short, then a lot of general a localized adjustments are made to bring out as much detail as possible, separate the whites range, and polish it up. Love Fuji color, but I’ve always had an affinity for monochrome. IR gives a different interest (for me) on shooting foliage in a bright high sun. And, it provides something of what I previously used to get from shooting in the shadows and/or night in the city.

There’s various types of, and ways to convey infrared otherwise. I guess I blathered on out of appreciation for your interest. Oh. . . here’s a few out of camera RAW examples for reference (if THAT interested [g]):

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. With only LR Dehaze added to exposure. IR will do this lens flare thing significantly if sunlight even glances the front element (generally speaking).

BobsYourUncle wrote:

Very nice. I also have a converted X-E2 that has seen no action. Maybe it is time for me to begin!

Deja vu, Bob?   I seem to recall you admitting that a year or so ago too.   [chuckle]

I can only suggest with certainty that you definitely maybe should.   Don't forget,  I'm always right 60% of the time.

Bobo Hodls wrote:

Didn't stay long, but I had a few minutes to linger with an 850nm converted XE2 and the 16/2 lens.

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. Waited a bit here, as the clouds groups were on the move

. A few minutes later, a few steps away. . .

. . . . and once more.

.

. A quick pass by the reservoir before departing. . .

. Chanced a 3 shot sweep for later stitching. Not too shabby, no?

.

I can't wait to go back there again! You should visit yourself if you ever get a chance. You won't regret it.

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Fabulous!

But you meant the 16/2.8 right??

Deed

Nice.

deednets wrote:

Fabulous!

But you meant the 16/2.8 right??

Deed

He is from another planet. I wish they imported the 16/2 lens.

deednets wrote:

Fabulous!

But you meant the 16/2.8 right??

Thanks, Deed.

Of course, you're right.   Doh!