False-color landscape IV (720nm)

I want to deviate from my usual infrared panorama ways a little bit.

 

The original of this is a composite of 7 individual photos, shot in portrait orientation with a plain cylindrical arrangement, yielding 17241 x 4562px which is about ~78,7MP.

What you see here is just a section, around 64,5MP, since there is no point in sharing such a wide panorama on Flickr without proper means to view it.

 

I like the looong shadows over the fields, made by the trees and hills themselfs. The hardwood trees are colorless, since it was early March and there ain't no leaves in March..

 

This is another example of how gradually the IR response of the flora fades away with distance, I think that quite neat, and the way it is out there, I haven't desaturated or edited anything here.

 

And by the way: This was done with the arguably "worst NIKKOR ever made", according some. Granted, this is the third iteration, the AI version which doesn't seem to compare to the earlier Auto, C or K versions (all pre-AI). I think it's great performer, with visible light, but also on the near IR spectrum where it surprisingly peaks at a rather small aperture, f/11, which is no problem since there is hardly any hotspot to be found and also makes for a larger DOF, ..so very nice for landscape.

 

 

Nikon D90 (APS-C, fullspectrum mod)

Zoom-NIKKOR 43-86mm f/3.5 AI

Hoya R72 (720nm infrared pass-filter)

ISO200, ???mm, f/11, 2,5sec

(so 64,5-129mm full frame equivalent)

tripod, regular head, remote (ML-L3)

Done