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My thoughts exactly. But way more mundane. The Scarlet Suburban Boredom.
All spot on!
I will mention as an add-on that it’s entirely possible to take IR photos using a standard camera and an IR filter such as a Hoya R72. The downside to this is that normal cameras don’t take in much IR due to filtering so you have to do a long exposure. The image ends up mostly red (since the filter itself is very dark red in visible light) so you then just turn it monochrome. Skies become dark, foliage becomes bright.
It’s all super cool and the best part is nobody can tell you you’re wrong. You just make it look the way you want it to be.
It doesn’t.
If you’re taking a pure “infrared” image it will look like night vision goggles. Since infrared doesn’t have a color that we can see, it just ends up as brightness value data going into the camera’s sensor. It’s just black and white since the sensor only has a brightness value to reproduce.
For this image I used a filter that allows the infrared through, making things like foliage brighter and giving it sort of an orange hue, while kicking out other wavelengths. I then use basic color adjustments to make the orange-ish foliage that the camera produces look super bright red. You can alter it to pretty much any color you like. All infrared pictures are ultimately false color, so it’s up to you what you want it to look like.
I have a writeup on my terrible 1998-ass website. Complete with no ads or monetization, just like 1998 intended.
https://capraobscura.com/infra.html
Long story short: You can rip the infrared filter out of most any digital camera, then use various filters to alter the wavelengths that actually hit the camera’s sensor.
Really makes me want to go face-first into astrophotography. Dig it.
Dang, nice timing with the clouds.
It depends on how the image was captured. I have a camera I converted to “full spectrum” by removing the IR/UV cut filter. It can still collect visible light, no problem, and you can use various filters to utilize whatever wavelengths you want.
That said, given the amount of noise, this looks like something that was taken with a standard camera and a long exposure through something like a Hoya R72 so there probably isn’t a color version in this instance unless OP took a separate one.
Fun Fact: Basically all sensors are IR sensors, but most have a IR/UV cut filter that keeps it from getting through.
Because when someone says “COME HERE” they’re making the statement that whatever you’re doing is pointless shit that can be dropped immediately.
I didn’t tolerate that with my parents, and I sure as shit wouldn’t tolerate it with a spouse. If you can’t be bothered to give me a reason to go there, don’t fucking tell me to go there.
“Hey, check this shit out!” - Fine. Implies it’s on my own time. “Could you come in here?” - Fine. A request can be denied. “Come here.” - I’m not your fucking dog.