Where things are still ok.. (mono IR)

Okay, what the heck, why not go retro/vintage with this one?! Even though I got a rather nice classic b&w development as well. 😭

 

I'm struggling a bit lately, with the b&w stuff. Nowadays I always do at least one false-color development, even e.g. when the light's no good and it's clear that I will go monochrome.

I feel, having a color image finished and then convert it gives me way more options than developing the source photos b&w before stitching. Almost too much! The infrared spectrum plus this high resolution panorama thing I'm doing provide a ton of contrast and details to the point where it's super easy to lose track and make images plain unnatural, kind of hyperactive or clinical devoid of mood, that is not really pleasant to look at.

I don't want to complain about too much possibilities though, it's good in a way cause it forces me to really think about what I like and what constitudes a "good" b&w image when there are plenty of means to go overboard and make it look "not good".

 

The original of this panorama consists of 30 individual photos and a trimmed equirectangular projection yielded a resolution of 20643 x 10819px ~223,3MP, which I then cropped to 8:5 aspect ratio and 15438 x 9649px ~149MP.

 

 

Nikon D90 (APS-C, fullspectrum mod)

Tamron 10-24mm f/3.5-4.5 Di ll VC HLD

Hoya R72 (720nm infrared pass-filter)

ISO200, 24mm, f/6.3, 0,4sec

panorama head, tripod, remote

Done