Fun with infrared light and modern architecture

Posted on 2 August, 2023 by Eric

Over the past few years, I’ve dabbled here and there with infrared (IR) photography, but didn’t take it very seriously until I recently took an online course in the subject from Derrick Story (a.k.a. The Nimble Photographer). If you’re at all interested in IR photography, I can highly recommend the seminar — you’ll learn a lot from the instruction, and quite a bit as well from your fellow students.

In particular, one of my fellow students recommended taking IR photos in office parks with mature vegetation. You can, he said, get some nice results with the architecture, windows, and greenery.

So as my first example of this subject matter, here’s the Pacific Western Bank building in the Denver Tech Center (Denver, Colorado):

The above is a quick reference photo I took with my iPhone — it’s poorly framed but still a good comparison for the images below.

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Disrupted breakfast

Posted on 28 March, 2023 by Eric

An American Bison (a.k.a. Buffalo) keeps a watchful eye on me while hunting for grass under snowfall.

Seen at the Rocky Mountain Arsenal National Wildlife Refuge just outside of Denver, Colorado.

EXIF:
OM System OM-1 camera, M.Zuiko 100-400mm f/5.0-6.3 lens
100mm, ISO 200, 1/1600 sec, f/5.6

Home on the range

Posted on 2 March, 2023 by Eric

A pair of American Bison (Buffalo), taking a break from grazing through snowfall.

Seen at the Rocky Mountain Arsenal National Wildlife Refuge near Denver, Colorado.

EXIF:
OM Digital OM-1 camera, M.Zuiko 100-400mm f/5.0-6.3 lens
f/5.9, 186 mm, 1/1000 sec, ISO 200

Learning the ropes

Posted on 7 January, 2023 by Eric

A younger rider in the 2023 National Western Stock Show parade; Denver, Colorado.

EXIF:
OM System OM-1, M.Zuiko 40-150mm f/2.8 lens
62mm, ISO 250, f/5.6, 1/125 sec

Striped

Posted on 11 May, 2018 by Eric

Tulips in bloom in Denver’s Civic Center Park:

Nothing of profound significance here, I just liked the pattern these were planted in.

Over a Tomcat’s shoulder

Posted on 20 October, 2017 by Eric

The Grumman F-14 Tomcat — a twin-engine, variable-sweep wing fighter in service with the U. S. Navy from 1974 – 2006.

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Stranger Waffles

Posted on 4 June, 2017 by Eric

Seen at Denver Chalk Art Festival 2017…

A visit to the Mayan Theater

Posted on 22 May, 2016 by Eric

Granted, this isn’t normally the kind of “Mayan” architecture I blog about, but in a distant sense, it’s related. Today I’m going to show you a bit of Denver history — the historic Mayan Theater, one of a few surviving examples of Mayan Revival style architecture.

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Holiday colors

Posted on 1 January, 2016 by Eric

One of the privileges of photographic life near Denver, Colorado is that you get some uniquely colorful holiday lights to play with. In particular, the Denver City and County building traditionally is bathed in a very… unrestrained choice of colored lights at night for the season. Call it gaudy, call it exuberant, call it tacky, the bottom line is that it’s a photographer magnet (we just can’t help ourselves).

Best of all, the folks running the building now turn off the street lights on Bannock Street in front of it every Sunday night when the building’s lit up — this makes it so much easier to capture the building in all its highly-saturated glory. So last Sunday, I got bundled up to handle our recent frigid night temperatures (clear sky, 17 degrees Fahrenheit) and went to town on the place.

The above photo was taken from near the end of the building’s south wing, if you were curious. This is definitely my favorite photo of the set, I really like how the snow in the foreground brings some of the chill to the viewer. Continue reading →