Our eyes perceive a wide range of light, but not all. If the wavelength is shorter than violet, then the radiation becomes ultraviolet. If it is longer than red, then the infrared range is encountered.
UV the spectrum is distinguishable by insects, birds, reptiles and aquatic life. This helps them to find nectar from plants, dangerous places and find a partner for mating by markings on feathers.
But sensitive to infrared Spectrum organs of vision, scientists in nature have not yet been found. Latest technology, ingenuity and artistic sight beautiful, how the world would look, add to the human eye режим ИК.
On the left is the ultraviolet spectrum, familiar to us. This is how bees taste the world and therefore successfully find nectar.
Kolari Vision is changing the “vision” of the camera to the spectrum, a vision that was never seen before in the world.
Their cheapest custom solutions start at $300, but photographer Mathieu Stern sent them his professional Sony Alpha 7 Mark II camera. And he got it, he began to create shots from the natural world.
Look at these surreal views
It is difficult to predict the color of infrared photography, the result is unexpected
Shades are formed depending on the absorption and reflection of light
Maybe everything green turns to red. But it is not. Plants also get shades of orange and yellow
Algae surprised. separate blacks in ordinary life, under the filter they came out red
Ordinary boring landscapes bloom
To make a lot of good shots, you need to retrain the brain to transport what angles will be good in red tones.
Architecture becomes like from fabulous illustrations
Buildings for the most part retain their color. Because the change of nature around them
People change a lot depending on the filter
With a weak blocking filter, a person’s skin color remains the same color, but any dark clothing changes to red (proof not to wear black in the heat).
Such a coincidence is what creates a world where everyone walks around in the same uniform.
With a filter at a long wavelength of 720 nm, we become real aliens
A vessel is clearly visible through the skin
With the correction of color channels, the skin turns into gray, and the hair into bright red.
Sometimes animals retain their natural color
Their feathers and fur do not reflect strong IR viewing in the spectrum of this filter.
But in the spectrum of 720 nm, animals are painted in pink tones no lower than plants.
In this way, new species can be discovered, such as the marshmallow rooster and the strawberry milk cow.
Water and nature
When direct sunlight falls closer to the rivers, the contrast of the underwater surface and the benefits of plants
Usually waterfalls exist in white, but here everything is different. You see the reflection of heavenly light from the trillions of small bubbles
Snow stays white
The contrast between bright jade water and boulders creates a setting
Infrared light does not penetrate the water, but waves of blue and green light continue to color it, the base from the sky
In the landscapes, the water begins to hunt like a mirror: the clouds are calm and completely duplicated, with the exception of an exceptional blue tint.
Pronounced contrast transition
Sea water is more “milky” due to falling, but therefore brighter
pink color filter
This is how the photo looks like initially, if you put a filter that is sensitive to the 720 nm range. Plants in gray-blue sensations, the sky is like watercolor soot, the mood is such, the feeling of the world of sensations as ghosts
If you change the channels in Photoshop, the style becomes fabulously pink
Almost all green is repainted in gentle reddish tones.
The greens turn white and the white flowers keep their natural look.
In the black-and-white assembly algorithm as if they were watching with snow
Changing channels in Photoshop absolutely changes the mood of the frame.
Therefore, this type of photography gives a good range for creativity.
Infrared photography opens up a new way of looking at the world
And even the most boring landscapes
Artificial light and restrictions
Suddenly, LED lamps began to look: they disappear from the usual yellow color, now the magical green color
Sometimes there can be too much infrared light, and then everything will be monochrome ugly.
all this happens in large greenhouses and dense forests
But the result is still amazing.
How it works
Transformation of the matrix from the visible spectrum to the full spectrum. Source: Lavikka Photo
Due to the fact that the human eye is more sensitive to green than to red and blue, the camera’s CMOS sensor, in order to show photographs of our usual colors, covers the density of a greenish layer that blocks infrared and ultraviolet radiation, corrects distortion and glare. You can read more about the evaluation matrix here.
Therefore, on all promo images and in real life, the matrix of cameras gives off greenery, while shimmering with a rainbow. Kolari Vision replaces this filter with more light-sensitive options: expected for different samples or full spectrum, which includes selective filter attachments.
In the usual case, to photographer Mathieu Stern, the sensors have changed so that with a normal cut, the result does not differ from the factory one, but with noticeable nozzles, it changes the susceptibility in the infrared viewing mirror. At the same time, not completely – part of the usual color gets into the camera, and therefore the effect turns out to be just as similar and alien at the same time.
For “conversation” advises to use the camera of the highest quality. the choice of prices for services and filters is expensive: a full set of nozzle colors, along with a matrix layer replacement service, costs about $ 1,400. Taking into account the cost of the camera, it turns out at least $ 3,000.
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