{"id":6816,"date":"2016-08-09T22:47:55","date_gmt":"2016-08-10T05:47:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/matchgrun.com\/blog\/?p=6816"},"modified":"2016-08-09T22:48:11","modified_gmt":"2016-08-10T05:48:11","slug":"infra-red-on-the-eastern-plains","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/matchgrun.com\/blog\/2016\/08\/09\/infra-red-on-the-eastern-plains\/","title":{"rendered":"Infra Red On The Eastern Plains"},"content":{"rendered":"

Last weekend, I made a trip to the Eastern Plains — well — near DIA. I was on the lookout for sunflowers, but took the opportunity to make some infra-red images. Close to DIA are wheat fields (that have already been harvested) and corn fields (that have ways to go before harvest).<\/p>\n

\"1792-0006-Corn-Field-No-1\"<\/a>

Corn Field, No 1<\/p><\/div>\n

I chose the corn fields, because the bright green foliage always makes for a great infra-red images. So what color is infra-red. By definition, it does not have color. So it makes sense that the image is rendered as a monochrome black and white image. The green foliage reflects plenty of infra-red wavelengths; this renders as white.<\/p>\n

\"1792-0014-Corn-Field-No-2\"<\/a>

Corn Field, No 2<\/p><\/div>\n

In contrast, the blue sky radiates very little infra-red, so it renders as black or a very dark gray.<\/p>\n

\"1792-0018-Corn-Field-No-3\"<\/a>

Corn Field, No 3<\/p><\/div>\n

Heading south-east, the corn fields are left behind as we arrive on the grassy plains. Heading down one of the dirt roads that crosses a creek, I noticed a bank of clouds spreading out over the ridge behind me. I stopped and made this image.<\/p>\n

\"1792-0059-Clouds-Over-The-Plains-No-1\"<\/a>

Clouds Over The Plains, No 1<\/p><\/div>\n

Water flowing through the creeks, provide a source of moisture for cottonwood trees. In this image, the trees are hiding below the ridge.<\/p>\n

\"1792-0097-Clouds-Over-The-Plains-No-2\"<\/a>

Clouds Over The Plains, No 2<\/p><\/div>\n

As sunset approached, I headed back towards Bennett, to make images of sunflowers. More of that later!<\/p>\n

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Last weekend, I made a trip to the Eastern Plains — well — near DIA. I was on the lookout for sunflowers, but took the opportunity to make some infra-red images. Close to DIA are wheat fields (that have already been harvested) and corn fields (that have ways to go before harvest). I chose the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_s2mail":"yes","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_hide_featured_image":false,"_jetpack_featured_image_duplicate_dismissed":0,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[439,1159,993,1160,896,991,194,55],"class_list":["post-6816","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-general","tag-black-and-white","tag-cloud-bank","tag-corn-fields","tag-dark-skies","tag-dia","tag-eastern-plains","tag-infra-red","tag-monochrome"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t