Oh man, he's using that infrared camera again! Can you make him stop please: :-) I decided to photograph some of the ferns that are scattered under the Japanese maple tree, and thought that they would look really interesting if I did the photographs in infrared. So here you are! These ferns are only about nine inches tall and I thought that the two of them were beautiful together, silhouetted against the dark ground. The IR camera rendered this infrared image in a bluish tint, and I tried converting the photograph to black and white, and it lost something. So I have left it blue, and that reminds me of a 19th century artist named Anna Adkins, who published the first book of photographs. She made cyanotype images of plants, and the images looked like this. Click here to see a story about her:
4 comments:
I love the photo of the ferns in infrared. I know you love to read but how did you ever come across Anna Atkins from the 1800's? Thanks for sharing the link.
Joan
I love ferns. Great image and how creative to try it in infrared.
Joan: Your brother knows about everyone everywhere in all of history! Just kidding!
I first saw some original photographs by Anna Atkins when I went to a lecture at the New York Public Library. I had not heard of her before that. But I have heard about her since. She was an amazing person, breaking barriers in a men's world. And of course it is about photography as well.
I like the blue color and the simplicity of 2 ferns. Betsey
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