Infrared Photography Single - Turtle in the lake
Shortly into my walk on a trail at the Fort Mountain State Park I came across a Turtle along the lake bank just resting. It had its legs resting out back and did not seem to mind me there. The morning light was reflecting on the water giving it a golden color. And all of the plants growing along the bank were reflecting infrared light giving them a bright white color to them.
 Camera Model | Lumix GH3, modified by LifePixel for Full Spectrum |
|---|---|
 Lens | Olympus M.ZUIKO DIGITAL ED 12mm-50mm |
 Filter | 720nm Infrared Passthrough filter |
 Aperture | f/3.5 |
 Shutter Speed | 1/30 sec |
 Film Speed | 400 |
 Spectrum | Infrared (IR) |
 Wavelength | 720 nanometers |
 Location | Fort Mountain State Park, Georgia USA. |
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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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thanks @nevlu123 for the animation
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@ludmila.kyriakou hah for sure
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@akdx thanks much, only a single photo this time but I think still a keeper.
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The picture is brilliant, with the infrared boosting the attention (of my eye) to the golden brilliance of the subject's surroundings and the turtle itself.
I am sure this whole process is a lesson in patience! Thanks for sharing !!
When you are doing the white balance, may I ask you what you are measuring that off of?
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@dswigle I really love how they have been turning out in different lights. When I took it I didnt think it was going to be much of a photo but when I got it on my computer screen it came out much better than I thought.
I used a "grey card" in full sunlight and set my white balence to that card while outside. I repeated this switching my screw on filters for all four of my WB profiles the GH3 supports. So I can switch from my UV, full spectrum, 720nm infrared and 850nm white balence profiles depending on which screw on filter I'm using at the time.
Then I use GIMP (auto white balence tool) to dial it in further once I get it on my computer.
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