Shooting with an infrared filter opens up some wonderful possibilites on a bright sunny day. The shadows are more intense, the greens are 'white' and true IR photography is sometimes a lot more interesting that what I've taken here.
[By truer, I mean cameras that have been converted to Infared.]
The end result of this shot wasn't that fantastic. But it was a good experiment.
I wondered what the bright sunlight on the rocks would do with the cold water of the creek running through it.
The unedited version looks rather strange.
However I think I got lucky with this one. It turned out pretty cool.
In my opinion of course.
I can see the rocks just below the surface of the water and reflections of the rocks also.
I should have taken another shot without the filter and seen what difference it made, but I didn't. I was pressed for time that day.
I used a bit of extra editing in this next shot, I wanted to accentuate the rays of light.
This is more in line of how I 'see' parts of the creek bottom. It is beautiful and mysterious all at once.
The next day was heavily overcast which is perfect for normal water photography.
This shot is from further away and I used a polarizing filter to cut some of the water reflections so I could catch the rocks. I like this shot but feel that I actually enhanced it a bit too much. In retrospect, it should be toned down a bit.
This is more what I was going for. A nice long exposure which softens the water but allows the mind to imagine the motion. The rocks below are just visible enough so that we know there is a rocky bottom.
And then just for fun...
One must add something that doesn't belong.
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