Today's Post by Joe Farace
"When it's springtime in the Rockies, I'm coming back to you…"—Gene Autry
While the deciduous trees here on Daisy Hill are not fully blooming due to a recent snowstorm (see my video clip on Instagram —@joefarace) and unseasonably cold weather early in the Spring, the trees in nearby Parker, Colorado are beautiful, which means it's time for some infrared photography.
So recently I drove down to McCabe Meadows open space, formerly known as East Bank Park, that has some bike paths, picnic benches and even a rest room plus some great off-path walking areas where I made the above image with a Panasonic Lumix G5 that was converted to IR-capture by LifePixel. Lens used was the Lumix 12-32mm f/23.5-5.6 ASPH and I made the image you see above with an exposure was 1/500 sec at f/11 and ISO 400. It was shot as a RAW file but was process to produce the inal image using Silver Efex Pro.
McCabe Meadows, like much of the Parker area, is filled with friendly people. Shortly after arriving a group of people from a nearby church offered me a bottle of water to keep hydrated during my walk. As I said, nice people…
If you're interested in trying infrared photography, check out the series of IR Workshops sponsored by our sister blog, 'Saving the World, One Pixel @ a Time' to be held near Parker, Colorado this summer. Check the Workshops section of that blog for updates.
My book, The Complete Guide to Digital Infrared Photography is currently out-of-print but used copies are available from Amazon for under $15. Creative Digital Monochrome Effects has a chapter on IR photography and is available from Amazon with new copies under $6 and used copies for less than three bucks.
Source: Springtime in the Rockies
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