CCC Fire Tower - Infrared Photography
This building was a ranger station for almost a century. Built in 1935 it was probably only one of the very few buildings in the area. Even to this day much of the area is quite rugged and mountainous without much development.
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Camera Model | Lumix GH3, modified by LifePixel for Full Spectrum |
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Lens | Olympus M.ZUIKO DIGITAL ED 12mm-50mm |
Filter | 720nm Infrared Passthrough filter |
Aperture | f/3.5 |
Shutter Speed | 1/800 sec |
Film Speed | 200 |
Spectrum | Infrared (IR) |
Wavelength | 720 nanometers |
Location | Fort Mountain State Park, Georgia USA. |
The walk up to this tower was a good hike, probably a mile while constantly going up hill. Though when I got to the top it was pretty cool to see the building.
No one was in the building, as its no longer used for fire spotting rangers. Satellites can do the same without need of any rest. So I have a feeling this buildings are the last of their kind. Serving to protect the forest from lightning and man-made fires.
I loved the brick work, could tell right away this was a very old structure. As I rarely see such craftsmanship in newer construction.
As I was leaving, the tower peaking through the tree line. A fun visit to see a piece of history, way before my time in Georgia or life in general.
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I take pictures with a special camera. Its a Mirrorless DSLR that has been modified by Life Pixel to see light in other wavelengths. This allows my camera to see light in the Infrared [IR] around 1300 NM wavelength, through the visual spectrum and into the Ultraviolet A and B wavelengths roughly into the 300 NM wavelength.
I carry many filters on me to make the photos you see in my blog, these filters screw on my lens and help me isolate certain wavelengths for certain scenes. These filters can be IR / UV pass-through filters to assist me get a natural photo taking out the UV and IR light. Or I may use a Infrared pass-through filter capture just IR light. I can do the same with UV light as well, though I need some better filters which they can cost a few hundred dollars for true Ultraviolet pass through filters. So for right now I have B + W 403 bandpass filters that still allow some IR light in, due to their cheaper material.
There are also exotic glasses made of sapphire and germanium I am open to working with to replace my silica glass hot mirror with a material that allows even longer wavelengths of infrared to enter my cameras sensor. Special sensors, lenses and filters of that material would be needed as well, so it would be a big project but one that may give some even more unique photography results.
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What an amazing relic of a bygone era! I agree that construction these days doesn't hold a candle. It looks so cool with the infrared camera, too.
@goat-girlz I wish I could go inside but it was locked up tight. But the door alone had a very old look to it.
Yeah they did turn out good I think.
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Wow what a amazing building, built to last!
The white trees have the look of super frozen
like here in winter. Be cool to have such a tower!
Love the photography and the rocks! :-)
@shasta I was thinking that too, they dont build structures like they used to. I love how the infrared shots came out with the trees on top of the mountain.
Thanks much :)
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