Ultraviolet and Infrared Photography - Little Streams

solominer (72)in #photography • 5 years ago (edited)

All throughout North Georgia are streams, tens of thousands of them. I used to be worried about having water when I lived in the desert, but in the South seems theres so much water coming from the mountains there is always some moving water to find. My good friend @ryulincoln can drink directly from these streams. I prefer to boil the water as im a city boy.

Camera Model	Lumix GH3, modified by LifePixel for Full Spectrum
Lens	Olympus M.ZUIKO DIGITAL ED 12mm-50mm
Filter	B+W UV Black (403) Filter
Aperture	f/4.1
Shutter Speed	1/50 sec
Film Speed	200
Spectrum	Ultraviolet-A and (UVA and IR)
Wavelength	320 to 385 nm and 750 nanometers
Location	North Georgia USA.

Water adsorbs most of the infrared radiation, and makes it look very dark and ominous. A nice little flare in the photo and the sparkle coming off of the water flowing over river stones.

These little streams are very fertile, I have found muscles, crawfish and alot of wildlife following and walking through them. In bigger streams and rivers I can collect a days worth eating in a few hours digging through sand bars finding muscles inside when im lucky. Othertimes I dig around for hours only finding empty shells.

Many of these streams are by roads, and I try not to collect from there. As I figure there is more pollution in those waters, the same goes for picking berries. I try not to eat any from near major roads.

I take pictures with a special Panasonic Lumix Camera. Its a Mirrorless DSLR that has been modified by LifePixel to see in other wavelengths. This allows my camera to capture light in the Infrared around 1300 nanometers wavelength, through the visual spectrum and into the Ultraviolet A and B wavelengths roughly into the 300 nanometers wavelength.

I carry dozens of 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 cut filters to help me get a natural photo taking out the Ultraviolet and Infrared light. Or I may use a Infrared pass-through filter capture just Infrared light. I can do the same with Ultraviolet 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 filters that still allow some IR light in, due to their cheaper material.

For more details on how I do my photography I have a video on that: https://steemit.com/photography/@solominer/vqgcrs3x

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