Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/05/17
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Thanks Nathan. I've tried IR in comparable desert environments and it didn't work so well - everything comes out very dark and of similar tone. The sand doesn't reflect much IR. Some shots I took on regular B&W film with a deep red filter got very dark skies, but the sand didn't lighten up as much as you'd expect. There's clearly enough green being reflected to foil that idea. UV can be interesting depending on the composition of the sand. Marty On Mon, May 17, 2010 at 2:53 PM, Nathan Wajsman <photo at frozenlight.eu> wrote: > Beautiful, Marty. Looks like the place to play with IR too, except that > there is no foliage of course. > > Cheers, > Nathan > > Nathan Wajsman > Alicante, Spain > http://www.frozenlight.eu > http://www.greatpix.eu > http://www.nathanfoto.com > > Books: http://www.blurb.com/bookstore/search?search=wajsman&x=0&y=0 > PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws > Blog: http://www.fotocycle.dk/blog > > > > > > > On May 16, 2010, at 7:20 AM, Marty Deveney wrote: > >> Many people who go to Sossusvlei make their way up the road to Dead >> Vlei - Sebastiao Salgado even put a picture of Dead Vlei in his africa >> book. ?This is an old river valley which was cut off by shifting sand. >> The local microclimate changed and became very dry about 900 years >> ago. ?The trees died. ?When it rains and then dries the clay sediments >> form impressive geometric cracking. ?It hadn't rained for a long time >> when we were there, so a lot of the dried mud was wearing from >> visitors and natural erosion. >> >> On the way, more sand: >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/freakscene/Africa+2009/Namibia/img375a.jpg.html >> >> One of Jim Shulman's subjects got lost and followed us to Dead Vlei: >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/freakscene/Africa+2009/Namibia/img377a.jpg.html >> >> Up over another dune and the clay pan streched out in front of us: >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/freakscene/Africa+2009/Namibia/img741a.jpg.html >> >> Weathered cracked clay underfoot: >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/freakscene/Africa+2009/Namibia/img746a.jpg.html >> >> Framing the huge dunes are dozens of dead Acacia erioloba: >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/freakscene/Africa+2009/Namibia/img751a.jpg.html >> >> And always encroaching sand, more sand: >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/freakscene/Africa+2009/Namibia/img754a.jpg.html >> >> Leica MP, Hexanon 50/2, 35/1.4 asph. ?Yellow or light red (which did >> not lighten the sand anywhere like as much as you might expect) >> filter. ?Mix of Tri-X and Plus-X in Xtol 1=3. >> >> Comments etc welcome. ?More soon, >> >> Marty >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >