So, the promised unusual photo album from the Great Ocean Road is finally here. What makes it unusual? It was shot in infrared — light that's invisible to the naked eye. I’d been curious about infrared photography for a while... and finally decided to give it a go. For my last birthday, I treated myself and got my old camera converted to shoot in the infrared spectrum. Took a fair bit of time and money, but in the end, the camera’s ready.
The idea behind infrared photography is to swap out the optical filter in front of the camera sensor. Normally, there’s a filter that blocks infrared and ultraviolet light, only letting through what we can actually see. I replaced that with a filter that only lets infrared through. The raw images come out deep red and need a lot of editing — something I’m still learning how to do.
The end result is some pretty surreal photos, either with wild, fantasy-like colours or really striking black-and-whites. Anyway, here’s the first batch. I’ve already got a second round of infrared shots coming together — and to be honest, I like them a lot more. But all in good time ;-).
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Таки подошел обещанный необычный альбом с Большой Океанской Дороги. Чем необычный? А тем что снят в инфракрасном, невидимом свете. Концепция инфракрасной фотографии интриговала меня давно... и вот я созрел. На минувшее ДР я сделал себе подарочек - заказал конверсию моей старой фотокамеры в инфракрасный диапазон. Заняло это достаточно много времени и денег, но в конце-концов камера готова.