Compounding the photo-weird

Ah, the joy of budget photography purchases from online auction sites – sometimes dud, but much more often a way … More

Sunday zoo amble

With the infrared camera (a modified Sony A6000), and using a 590nm filter, so this is at the near-visible end … More

Cloudy skies on sunny days

Clouds look different in IR – solid cloud looks fairly blah, and cloudless sky uninteresting, but skies that are sunny with vague … More

Meanwhile, in the Lantern Wastes . . .

All just a touch Narnianical in Wellington’s Botanical Gardens, as seen in the false colour of the IR mod camera. Why is … More

Cubaduppa Street Fair

Wellington’s Cuba St festival, Cubbaduppa, at the town hall end of things. With the IR mod camera, using a … More

Just a tree

IR mod camera. This same image, 2 minutes earlier without the people sitting on the bench, didn’t work at … More

Enough with the cabbage already

I spent this weekend at a photography meetup, held at a seaside community about three hours drive away from home. Without internet or … More

Pensive baboon, yawning sun bear

This week’s mild obsession continues; playing with the IR modified camera. I know they’re more typically used for landscape-over-water shots, but … More

Sand-blasted

Lyall Bay beach, on a day with weather warnings of up 100km winds for Wellington – normally there’s a metre … More

A familar place made strange

I took the IR converted camera with me on an early morning walk, and this afternoon, with much help from the … More