#irchrome

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Hidden Horses

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My partner and I had never booked a vacation this early in the year, but the end of 2022 and the first few months of 2023 were so stressful that we noped off to Fuerteventura for a week. I finally tested negative on the morning before the flight, so that was a close call. Was still a little weak, but improving every day.

I had the Kolarichrome IR filter with me and took a lot of "what if plants were red" photos. I love this island and infrared photography, so to be finally able to shoot this type of image with only one filter and next to no additional processing is a dream come true.

That week was maybe the most relaxing and visually imprinting vacation we've ever had. I always soak in every moment there, but this time, it was even more pronounced. At some point in 2024 or 2025, we'd like to stay on the island for four to six weeks, really getting to explore things on our own there. <3

[infrakrasnyy]

Lake Nahuel Huapi, Bariloche, Argentina

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Mother and Foal

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Twilight

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Rome, Italy

[aeridanus]

Part two of Red Plant Fuerteventura! :)

It’s astounding how well natural colors are preserved, despite the red channel shenanigans of the filter. As far as the info online goes, the filter keeps red light from passing through and tricks the camera into substituting the missing reds with near-infrared radiation. This only works with modified cameras which allow infrared to reach the sensor, but man does it work well. A little bit of Lightroom color balance is enough to set the neutrals to near-natural, and tadaa, a visually pleasing approximation of how the world, or in this case, Fuerteventura, would look if plants were red <3

[aeridanus]

Thank you all for yor well wishes :) I’m getting better now, but it’s going to take some more days to get rid of that bone-deep exhaustion. I don’t feel like there’s any long-term residue, though, which I’m absolutely glad about.

Went out on my first little walk today, too, and took the above photos. Since a year or two, there’s a lens filter on the market which mimics the old Kodak infrared film (”Aerochrome”). It’s the red-plants-effect I like to emulate with my filter stack and subsequent Photoshop gymnastics.

The “IRchrome” filter is expensive, though, and also needs to be imported, so I ogled it from a distance until my partner made it this year’s birthday present. Thanks to the illness with the crown, it needed to wait until today to be inaugurated, but here it is :) Images are almost straight out of camera with only a little bit of additional white balance. I love it. This year’s infrared season will be IR-radiant.