Infrared Photography Landscapes Process Software
Lone Tree on the Prairie

Lone Tree on the Prairie

Posted above is a new infrared image that I shot October 10, 2020. This was shot with my Kolari Lumix ZS100 Full Spectrum conversion. The image was shot in Raw format using a custom white balance set in camera using a 590 nm filter pointed at an 18% gray card. Once home I developed the raw file using Affinity Photo adjusting exposure, contrast, black-point, shadows/highlights, lens correction, a touch of sharpening and an S-curve for added contrast. Once the image was developed I added only a channel mixer adjustment to swap the red and blue channels to get the great…

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Infrared Photography Landscapes Process Software
The Hidden Beauty of

The Hidden Beauty of

Infrared Photography For reasons truly unknown to me, I recently decided to begin exploring the mysteries of infrared photography. I think I bumbled onto the topic while searching on YouTube for something else entirely. Fifty plus years ago, when I first got started taking pictures, infrared photography was a very exotic medium requiring special (expensive) film and extra fussing to achieve proper focus. Now in the digital age of photography…… it’s still expensive but in a different way. Now you need to acquire a modified digital camera that can “see” the infrared spectrum. The images you capture need to be…

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Gear Panasonic Lumix GX-85 Process Software

Pushing the Limits of the GX-85

As I have stated before in this blog, I am not your normal nature photographer. When it comes to bird photography this is especially true. I don’t stake out areas or otherwise stalk birds to get my shots. Rather, I walk a set route as close to daily as circumstances allow and shoot what comes my way. Nor do I lug around a mammoth 500mm lens capable of seeing a given bird’s teeth. Since I am usually also walking my dog, thus giving me only one hand with which to shoot, I have to travel light. This need for portability…

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