On Christmas Eve, Joel and I returned once more to Bridgewater Bay, moving with an unspoken attentiveness. I carried an infrared camera, its built-in sensor paired with an N520 filter, tuned to a spectrum beyond ordinary sight. Through it, the bay was reimagined: leaves flared into luminous cyan-green, the sky softened into an unexpected wash of yellow, and the stones along the shore gleamed silver-white, as if polished by an unseen hand. What was familiar dissolved into a quiet, otherworldly clarity, the landscape rewritten in light that exists just outside human perception.
Joel, meanwhile, wore a full lumberjack’s beard—dense, deliberate, and carefully tended. He watched over it with the same devotion one gives a toddler, adjusting and smoothing it as we walked. Against the surreal palette of infrared colour, his presence felt grounding and intimate, a reminder that while the camera translated the world into unseen wavelengths, we remained firmly, warmly human within it.
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...beautiful images my friend.
ReplyDeleteThank you Tom
DeleteHace muchos años hice una salida con un carrete de película infrarroja con intención de ver cómo se comportaba dicho carrete de 35mm. El resultado en diapositiva (entonces solo había esa posibilidad ) resultó alucinante y desde luego muy sorpresivo. Los colores reales se transformaban en otros muy diferentes y flipantes a la vista. Solo había un problema y es que los resultados finales nunca eran controlables ya que, según supe más tarde, ese tipo de película lo que fotografía es la temperatura de lo que tiene delante del objetivo con lo cual éste resultado es absolutamente incontrolable y cada según un sin fin de variantes aleatorios.
ReplyDeleteUn abrazo
There is various infrared wavelength to trial. I really enjoy the infrared film look using traditional lenses as well. A lot of failures of course.
DeleteEs otra realidad, lo que nos lleva a preguntarnos si el mundo exterior es realmente como nosotros lo vemos.
ReplyDeleteBuddhism tells me the reality is not exactly what we see.
DeleteThe blues and greys on the rocks almost look painted by an artist. And the shapes of them in the center photo! Like a giant ancient tower coming out of the sea. Both foreboding and beautiful.
ReplyDeleteThank you for your careful and thoughtful comment
DeleteWhat a wonderful thing for two photographers to do on Christmas Eve. It truly is beautiful -- a wonderful place, time together and wonderful realizations of life and experience. Wishing you joy in the new year.
ReplyDeleteI respect Joel for respecting his beard and you for respecting Joel who is respecting his beard. There is a lot of respect going around. :)
ReplyDeleteThree great photographs.
ReplyDeleteEnjoy these last few days of 2025.
All the best Jan
Very effective and beautiful
ReplyDeleteThe lighting effect is eerie.
ReplyDeleteColours are lovely and good to see. Nice scenes too.
ReplyDeleteThe look is how I'd imagine a view on another planet. Remarkable!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful photos! Take care, enjoy your day!
ReplyDeleteNice to see something in an other reality.
ReplyDeleteUna realitat creada al teu gust. ;-)
ReplyDeleteSalutacions!
It looks other worldly.
ReplyDeleteCrec haver deixat un comentari aquí...
ReplyDeleteDesde luego que son unas imágenes impactantes por ese colorido que le da el objetivo infrarrojo.
ReplyDeleteDesear que tengas un buen año en lo profesional y en lo familiar.
Saludos.
Dreamy images, yet with a strangely dense and deliberate air to them. Amazing photos, James. Happy New Year, and thanks for taking part in the "My Sunday Best" meme.
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