Shadownaut (IR 1μm, sepia)

Alright, first of it's kind!; while it was clear that I would wonder into deep IR territory one day, it was not planned especially since I just disclosed the shorter wavelengths for myself with the start of this year so there is still plenty to learn and discover (also due to my unfortunate hand situation). However, I received a ridiculous offer that would have been plain stupid to not take advantage of, since I'm totally convinced of the quality of heliopan filters, but they are freakin' expensive. So I'm rather pleased with this situation to say the least, regardless of how I will like or find use for this particular wavelength (1000nm longpass). Time will tell.. 🤔

 

Obviously nothing fancy or thought-out in terms of composition, it was mid afternoon, on a hill and literally just seconds before the sun disappeared; days are short at the moment.The light came by almost horizontal, see the flare / ghosting to the right.

Minimal and simple development, though somewhat dark / moody, I refrained from lifting the shadows, flatten the image and lose the innate ratios, despite being odd.

There is also a weird 3D effect to the cloud in the center, duplicate patterns due to bad stitching I thought first; but nope, it's real. ✨

 

I'm also kind of on the verge of grasping, or imagining, how many lovely yet subtle nuances can be had with monochrome develop-ments, notably sepia by just applying split toning after simple but complete desaturation. Looking forward to exploring that further..

 

 

Source for this panorama are 9 photos, cylindrical stitch, 20375 x 6159px (ever wondered how a 24,2MP sensor (6016 x 4000px) can deliver a panorama of that height? it's magic.. 😋) , ~125,5MP, ~230° angle of view, ~3,3 : 1 ratio, no crop.

 

Nikon D3300 (APS-C / DX, fullspectrum mod)

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

heliopan Infrared RG 1000 (87A) 800x filter

ISO100, 18mm, f/8, 1/4sec

(therefore 27mm FX / full frame equivalent)

tripod, pano head, HN-29, remote (ML-L3)

Done