I've been playing a little with infrared again with my Fuji X-Pro1. This time I had the proper hoya R72 infrared filter on. I'm still not sold on the processing, but following some tutorials on the net, I think I'm getting better at it. I decided to concentrate on Alberta landscape to see how it fits into the infrared, and I'm very pleased with the results. I hope you like them too. Enjoy! Mac
Infrared with Fuji X-Pro1
I noticed on some forums that people have been talking about infrared photography and that the Fuji X-Pro1 is perfect for it, as it does not need a special conversion. This generated a lot of interested, and recently I found the proper infrared filter, the Hoya R72, and went on a little suburbian trip to try it out. I know one thing now.... I should have taken a lens hood. It's quite impressive how this little camera stands above the rest. Each day almost is a new discovery. I'm still new at this infrared thing, so my processing still leaves a lot to be desired, but the effects are quite astonishing. Enjoy!
Celebrating Canada Day
It's a tradition in our family, if the weather cooperates, to invite some friends and go and watch fireworks display on Canada Day evening. We tend to go early to find a good spot for pictures and spend as much time enjoying outdoors as possible. This year was no different. Mind you, the day started with a downpour and a storm and, for a while, we were not sure there would be fireworks at all. But, as usual, our luck held and the sky cleared out so we packed our picnic supplies and went out to a spot that gave us a wonderful view of the Edmonton downtown. There was not many people there when we arrived and we have had plenty of room to set up our stuff. The sun was shining, the sky was great and mosquitoes were not bothering us too much ;)
As you can see we've had plenty of time to experiment and enjoy ourselves ;D.. As time went by and the sky was getting darker more and more people started to show up and eventually a crowd has gathered to watch the spectacle:
We were very lucky this year, because Nature decided to compete with human display and the lightning started to highlight the sky behind the downtown adding to the awesome display! Soo cool!!! Eventually, when the fireworks display was over, we were the only people left on the hill, watching Mother Nature's show as well as a cool effect that smoke from fireworks and city lights have created.
Cool stuff, I tell you! Hope you have spent your evening as pleasantly as we did!
Kasia