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@alteredspectrum Jun 18, 2019, 2:14 PM UTC

IR Photography: Guinness is (somewhat) IR transparent?!

So anyone who has ever held or seen a pint of Guinness will know that it is a dark, opaque beer. Light absolutely does not penetrate through it. Well, visible light at least... Here we have a couple…

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alteredspectrum
@alteredspectrum Jun 14, 2019, 7:22 AM UTC

IR Photography: The Volksbühne, Berlin.

Recently I happened to be passing by the Volksbühne, beside Rosa-Luxemburg-Platz in Berlin, and decided to take some shots of this super iconic building. The Volksbühne is a theatre that was built ju…

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alteredspectrum
@alteredspectrum Jun 12, 2019, 8:20 PM UTC

IR Photography: The Park Inn Hotel, Alexanderplatz, Berlin

The Park Inn hotel is one of the few really tall buildings in Berlin, and is a quite often photographed landmark. It also allegedly has phenomenal rooftop views, but I haven't yet tried gain access t…

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alteredspectrum
@alteredspectrum Jun 12, 2019, 11:09 AM UTC

IR Photography: Bahnhof Alexanderplatz, Berlin.

So here we have the train station at Alexanderplatz shot in IR. This station does S-bahn, U-bahn, and regional services. It was opened way back in 1882 and has been rebuilt/refurbished a couple of ti…

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alteredspectrum
@alteredspectrum Jun 12, 2019, 10:57 AM UTC

IR Photography: The World Clock, Alexanderplatz, Berlin

Here is a shot I took of the World Clock at Alexanderplatz, Berlin. This is a very popular meeting point, and there are (possibly apocryphal) tales of it being used by spies during the cold war to me…

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alteredspectrum
@alteredspectrum Jun 12, 2019, 10:00 AM UTC

IR Photography: Fountain of Friendship between Peoples, Alexanderplatz, Berlin

So this is a shot I took of the "Fountain of Friendship between Peoples" in Alexanderplatz, Berlin. This fountain was apparently built during the DDR era, from what I was able to gather. Photo was ta…

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alteredspectrum
@alteredspectrum Jun 8, 2019, 1:12 PM UTC

IR Photography: The Heron.

This shot isn't necessarily my best, but the contrasts between the "darkness" of the pond water and the grass appearing so vibrant as if it was on fire really took me a bit. Was the only shot I could…

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alteredspectrum
@alteredspectrum Jun 8, 2019, 1:02 PM UTC

An Introduction

Hi everyone. So I'm a hobbyist photographer, who recently started shooting photos in infrared only using a Panasonic DMC-TZ10 I modified by removing the IR blocking filter and installing an IR-Pass l…

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alteredspectrum
@alteredspectrum Jun 8, 2019, 12:52 PM UTC

IR Photography: A Pair of Ducks.

So I recently converted an old camera of mine to shoot IR-Only photos, by removing the IR blocking filter and adding an IR-Pass filter to the front of the lens. Here is a photo of a pair of ducks tha…

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