When I first got an infrared camera I wondered if it would work for plants. I tried taking some photos with it in a rainforest and decided that it didn’t work and you couldn’t really do flowers or macro with it.
OMG, how wrong was I?
I just went back to those photos and don’t know what I was thinking, I am going to have to process some of them now.
Now, having said that, I am so glad that I tried again when I got the new infrared camera. I love flowers in monochrome or black and white, but I do think it is best if they are white or light colours. This is where the infrared camera is great, it makes all the flowers white, pretty much. I find dark coloured flowers are not as good in black and white when you do a conversion, so the infrared gives me what I want.
I like how you can focus on the structure, textures and shapes of the flowers. I think you can expect to see a lot more infrared flowers over the next few months.
I haven’t put the macro lens on that camera yet, but will have to try it. Infrared is a bit weird and the better the lens the more trouble you can have with infrared. You can get what looks like a light spot in the middle of the image. The best way to avoid it is to use crappy lenses if you can believe that. However, I have found for some photos that if you get it when you convert it to black and white it can disappear. I need to play around with that more. I will try my macro lens soon and let you know how it goes.
I won’t be out taking photos the next few days, it is going to be 37C for the next two. I don’t like the hot weather and I will be spending the days hibernating inside with the air conditioner on. lol
Here are some photos that I took about a week ago. They were taken with the converted Fujifilm X-T3 with the Fujifilm 18-135mm lens. Not bad for that lens.
Stunning as always, Leanne!📷♥
Thank you Donna.
Lovely, Leanne! Your work always is. ❤️😊
Thank you John, that is very kind of you to say.
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Interesting perspective! 🙂
Thank you Reyna.
That is interesting about the lens making the difference with infrared. Who would have thought??
Yeah, who knew, I must admit when I first started seeing it this time I was surprised and then I remembered with my other camera. Exactly, the only time crappy lenses are better than others. Thank you Lois.
These are interesting, almost other-worldly shots. But please don’t go telling us all about your 37 degree temperatures when here it’s minus 5. I’ve a feeling you and I should swap homes for a month or two!
Thank you Margaret. I love hearing how cold it is there, helps to cool me down, lol. I love looking at images of cold when we are in summer. Yeah, we should Margaret, you come and live here. lol
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Oh Leanne, these are so beautiful! I’m looking forward to seeing what your macro does on the infrared camera. Last summer we had so many triple digit F days that 98 F seemed cool! It felt like Arizona here in California. But, of course, there’s no global warming.
oh thank you so much Anne. Yeah, I am too, maybe I will get it out tomorrow morning and see how it is. We have had really mild summers the last few years, but I think we might be in for it this year, I guess time will tell.
They’re all beautiful shots, Leanne 🙂
Thank you so much Ruth.