Its a surreal place even in "normal light" and rendering it in infrared made it even more eerie.
The American Cemetery in Fort Bonifacio is one of the favorite places of photographers in Metro Manila. While there are sections that are off limits, the rest of the grounds are accessible to the general public. Even on a weekend the place is quiet and seemingly deserted.
Here are my takes on a scorching hot midday, unfortunately that's the best time to take infrared photos is when its really sunny.
These are all "false color" IR. The original color of the photos is of course RED. Not all lenses by the way are good for taking infrared photos. Most of the ultrawide lenses in the market produce "hot spots" - bright areas right smack in the middle of your photo. For these photos I used a borrowed 10-24mm Nikkor with Haida IR720 (equivalent to the more popular Hoya R72 filter)
5 comments:
these photos are insane!!! =) did you have problem with the security guards? i heard somewhere that they dont allow people to shoot there anymore.
Thanks rica! The guards did ask my brother and I if we were shooting for commercial purposes since we had tripods. But they were very polite. We told them we were balikbayans, partly true actually, only my brother is a balikbayan. They just told us to keep off some of the sections there.
Aaaahhh okay. Cool, pwede dumalaw then. Haha I look forward to more of your photos. =)
that first photo looks like the trees in winter.. only yours here are still full of leaves and life. :D
@andrenalearn, thanks. its one of the fun things about IR photos
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