Jim's Infrared photography page

Digital near-IR photos

These photos are my first attempts at digital infrared photography. This first batch were taken with a Fuji FinePix S602Zoom camera with a Wratten 87 filter. The images that look pinkish used raw automatic white balance through the Wratten 87 filter. One thing I found is that since I focused the camera manually using white light (since I could not see through the Wratten 87 filter...), the images appear slightly out of focus. Perhaps the camera can autofocus through the filter?

I've included some images taken with my Fuji FinePix 2650 both at the same time (these images did not turn out too well since my camera has automatic exposure and limited exposure length of just 1/2 second) and the following day. The images in the middle of the day turned out quite well and since the automatic exposure and focus worked well, they turned out better in some ways than the S602Z images. I also converted some of the images to greyscale B&W.

Click on the thumbnails below to see a larger version.

This image looks westward down the UofA Mall late in the day.
Same view with different exposure.
Same view 2 second exposure.
Same view, 4 second exposure
Same view, 8 second exposure
Same view, 15 second exposure
Moon tree next to LPL.

Moon tree with photographer.
Zoom image looking westward down the UofA mall.
Another zoom image looking westward down the UofA mall.
Portrait of the Kuiper Space Sciences building.
The Kuiper Space Sciences building.
The Kuiper Space Sciences building.
The UofA's Flandrau Science Center.
The UofA's Flandrau Science Center.
The Kuiper Space Sciences building.
The Kuiper Space Sciences building.
The Kuiper Space Sciences building.
The Kuiper Space Sciences building.
A bed of small red flowers.
A bed of small red flowers.
A bed of small red flowers.
White light image of next scene.
A bed of yellow flowers.
White light image of next scenes.
A Nickel-Iron meteorite sculpture.
A Nickel-Iron meteorite sculpture with longer exposure.
White light image of next scene.
Sculpture with Flandrau Science Center in background.
Sculpture with Flandrau Science Center in background.
White light image of next scene.
A different view of the sculpture.
A different view of the sculpture.
White light image of next scene.
Looking southeastward up the UofA Mall at nearby storm.
15 second exposure.
15 second exposure.
15 second exposure.
This image and the next both had lightning bolts within the visible frame during the exposure. I see no evidence of them, however. 15 second exposure.
15 second exposure.

Photographs with Fuji FinePix 2650

This batch of images was taken at the same time as the above with the same Wratten 87 filter on my Fuji FinePix 2650 camera. They are badly underexposed due to the low light levels present and the limitations on the exposure the 2650 can use (1/2 to 1/1000 of a second). These images were taken around the same time as those above with the Fuji S602Zoom camera for comparison.


The white light view of the next frame
Tail lights show up well, but not much else in the lower light levels late in the day.
The white light view of the next frame.
A very dark image - you can see the sky in the upper right part of the frame.

This batch of images were taken around noon on the following day with the same Wratten 87 filter on my Fuji FinePix 2650 camera. The early frames were all struck by a light leak which I was able to prevent by shading the lens - I used tape to attach the filter and filter adaptor to my camera and there was plenty of opportunity for light leaks around the edge.

Automatic exposure - note the light leak affects in the white arc in the upper left and a few pinhole light leak artifacts on the lower right. I didn't notice these until later since I couldn't see the LCD display very clearly in the bright sunlight. This is the moon tree just west of LPL, looking WNW.
A cropped and plain B&W version of the previous image with some contrast stretching.
Looking past the Optical Sciences building towards McKale Center.
Looking west down the UofA mall.
Cropped and B&W version of the previous image with contrast stretching.
Another view west down the mall.
Cropped and B&W version of the previous image with contrast stretching.
A view looking eastward up the UofA mall.
Cropped and B&W version of the previous image with contrast stretching.
A view of LPL - note the light leak arc in the upper left.
A view of LPL - I finally noticed the light leak and blocked it with my hand over the top of the lens/adaptor.
Cropped and B&W version of the previous image with no contrast stretching.
Cropped and B&W version of the previous image with contrast stretching.
A cropped version of the same frame but with original pinkish color.
The Flandrau Science Centerand Planetarium.
The Flandrau Science Centerand Planetarium.
Cropped and B&W version of the previous image with contrast stretching.
A cropped version of the original.
Previous image with contrast stretching.
A zoomed view looking west down the UofA mall.
A zoomed view looking west down the UofA mall.
The Moon Tree just west of LPL - oops, got the light leak here.
The Moon Tree just west of LPL.
A cropped and B&W version of the previous image with contrast stretching.
The front of LPL.
A cropped and B&W version of the previous image with contrast stretching.
A cropped and B&W version of the previous image with different contrast stretching.
A cropped view of the original frame.

Last update: August 26, 2003

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Photographs with Fuji FinePix 2650