Today's picture is actually an IR (infrared, or really near-IR) shot converted to Black and White during post processing. This shot was taken with an old but still fun to use Panasonic DMC-FZ1 with the FZ2 firmware flashed onto it. The camera was in Tv, shutter priority mode set to 1/20th and the aperture was f2.8, ISO 200 and it was taken hand held thanks to this wonderful cameras optically stabilized lens. A Hoya R72 55mm IR filter was used to block visible light and the white balance was simply set off grass in the sunlight.



You can see that black and white digital infrared photographs have great contrast and sharpness with an eerie feel not available with standard black and white photographs. The deep black water and white foliage really set infra-red shots apart from many normal BW shots.