12 Months/12 Topics Project 2021

MONTH 1: WEEK 3: Topic: Everything Goes: "My Florida Back Yard

Like I've said recently, I don't have much of a variety of photo ops these days. But at least this is a photo of our FL back yard with a look that I haven't produced before, even after all these years. I chose to do this in Infrared because I knew that these clouds would come out especially well. Lately I have been inspired to produce images with strong contrast and Infrared taken at Noon is great for that. Finally, I noticed the shadows and bright tones on the foreground and thought it would be interesting to see how the IR light would come out there. I am happy with this. I pushed the blacks and whites somewhat in my processing in Lightroom to get this look. I am very happy with my IR converted A6000 Sony camera. And my Sigma 1.4 30mm lens is great with this camera. The quality I am getting from my converted Sony A6000 it is better than what I was getting with the little Panasonic pocket one that I learned on, although it has given me many images I have liked. I now keep it as an IR backup and also I can throw it in my bag if I am out on a photoshoot with one of my regular cameras and come upon something I want in IR.