Ultraviolet and multispectral flower photos

May 9th, 2013

Photos of flowers taken using ultraviolet light compared to visible light photos. Also some multi-spectral photos created by combining IR, UV, and Visible light images. [...]


Multispectral Daffodil

February 5th, 2013

How I combined Ultraviolet, Infrared, and Visible light photos of a daffodil to create a multispectral image, but using a different technique to the standard using images as channels method. I also share the results of a quick test to compare the amount of UV light passed by the EL-Nikkor 80mm f/5.6, EL-Nikkor 75mm f/4 N, and Wray 3¼in. f/4.5 Supar lenses. [...]


Ultraviolet and multispectral photography

December 5th, 2012

Some of my ultraviolet and multispectral (Visble+UV+IR) photos so far. What equipment I'm using for ultraviolet photography, and how some of my lenses compare for UV transmission and UV focus shift. [...]


Back from Ukraine

November 19th, 2012

Some photos from a day in Dnipropetrovsk, Ukraine, my experience with taking photos in Ukraine, and the various problems I had with my photo equipment while on holiday. [...]


Scotland, England, Germany, and Japan panos

August 29th, 2012

Four panoramas I've processed recently from four different countries and info on issues I had when taking and processing them. [...]


Using the Hoya 25A Red filter for B&W photography

June 15th, 2012

Is there any benefit of using a 25A red colour filter on the lens for black and white photography with a digital camera, or is it better to take a colour photograph with no filter and then convert to black and white? In this post I look at the differences. [...]


Great Bowden in Infrared (Hoya 25A test)

May 30th, 2012

Photos taken around the village of Great Bowden, near Market Harborough in Leicestershire, using an Infrared sensitive camera (Fuji IS Pro) and the Hoya 25A Red filter. [...]


Inverness panoramas

April 23rd, 2012

Some panoramas from a walk round Inverness in October 2011. [...]


IR with the Fuji IS Pro and lenses that don’t accept filters

April 18th, 2012

How to attach a gelatin / acetate filter to the rear of a lens to allow shooting infrared images with lenses that don't have filter threads. Example photos using a Lee 182 light red filter meant for use with lighting / flash units. [...]


Canon 5D MkII First Impressions

April 14th, 2012

Lots of photos from my first afternoon using a Canon 5D Mk II camera, with the Canon 100mm/2.8 Macro and Miranda 24mm/2.8 MC Macro lenses. How the handling and operation compares to the Nikon D200 and Canon 450D I am used to using, and a brief note on what I think of the image quality. [...]