Madingley Hall Infrared

I have the use of a set of screw-on infrared filters for my X100V and yesterday experimented with the 850nm one having found the 680nm one didn't give a very strong effect (Ann Miles Blog: Experimenting with 'Infrared' Filters (pin-sharp.blogspot.com). The 850nm meant long exposures (up to 6 seconds) but does give a true infrared look on a light cloud/sunny interval day like yesterday. Images 3 and 4 shows the raw file from the camera and its monochrome conversion.

Madingley Snowdrops

The snowdrops are at their best at the moment, especially, as here, early on a sunny morning. Taken at f1.8 with a Canon macro lens attached Fuji mirrorless giving very shallow depth of field and interesting highlights

Madingley Hall and American Cemetery

A very enjoyable meet up with other CCC Members on Saturday at Madingley Hall. As there were wonderful clouds, contrasty monochrome worked well. Some of us then visited the American Cemetery where I decided to experiment with exposure blending to simulate long exposure technique (30 images with 1 second exposures were stacked together to give the equivalent of a 30-sec exposure)

Madingley Hall in Infrared

Morning Coffee and a wander round the grounds of Madingley Hall in Cambridge - what better way to start the week on Monday. Images taken with an old Canon 1Dii converted for infrared - the batteries only hold charge for a short while now but it does produce great images.

 

Bees, Ladybirds and Spring Bulbs

Reassuring to see large numbers of Honey Bees at work collecting pollen and nectar from the Anemones, Scilla and  Puschkinias. Interesting that the Scilla (fewer stamens) have blue pollen (you can see it on the bee's back leg) while the Puschkinias have the more usual yellow pollen (images 5 and 6). Even one of the Ladybirds had found an aphid to eat.