Invisible, Yet Visible

Elmwood Cemetery in Historic Northeast Kansas City shot with a digital camera and infrared filter.  The filter blocks visible light from reaching the camera's sensor so only the infrared spectrum shows up.  Exposure and focusing are by trial and error.  (A lot of the latter.)

Just For Halloween

St. Mary's and Elmwood Cemeteries..  The Elmwood shots are all infrared.

St. Marys, also known as Mount St. Marys.

St. Marys

St. Marys

St. Marys

St. Marys

Elmwood

Elmwood

Elmwood

Elmwood

Elmwood

Colonnade

                Top, Historic Northeast's Colonnade at night.  Below, same in infrared, daytime.

Mighty Mo In Infrared Glow

                                   Above, Missouri River looking West from River Front Park.

                               Above, Missouri and Kaw Rivers looking East from Kaw Point.

Infrared Three

The Colonnade in Northeast Kansas City.  Experimenting again with infrared photography.

 I compose and focus the image, then adjust the focus for infrared, add the filter to the front of the lens, and shoot.   The filter blocks 100% of the visible light leaving only the infrared to reach the sensor.   No way to meter the light so trial and error applies.

 Above, this is what the image looks like coming right out of the camera, and, below, after adjustment in Photoshop.

Infrared Two - North Terrace Lake

Infrared

Experimented with infrared photography today.  Read online where the Nikon D800 was not usable for same, but then Roy Inman found an article online that said otherwise.  Otherwise is correct.  My IR filter is 67mm and I currently have no lenses of that diameter... so, had to hold the filter in front of my 50mm lens.   Works but not optimal.  I had forgotten how difficult IR can be.   Above, Indian Mound, below, the KC skyline from Kessler Park. 

Elmwood Cemetery Infrared

Took this picture with the D70.... many of the Nikon cameras after that version have too good a filtration system which doesn't allow many of the IR rays through.    Used a screw-on filter that blocks visible light and thus IR is all that hits the sensor.   As you can see green records white and blue records black.   This is a straight shot with no manipulation in Photoshop.