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Cadillac Mountain to Blue Hill: 18.87 miles in UV/Vis/IR


Andrea B.

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The 18.87 mile distance from the top of Cadillac Mountain across Mount Desert Island to Blue Hill on the other side of the Narrows is shown in Infrared, Visible and Ultraviolet light. There is always a certain amount of marine humidity in the air. The IR filter cuts right through that for a crisp, contrasty view. The UV filter just barely makes Blue Hill visible.

 

UV-Nikkor 105/4.5 on D600-broadband

IR: B+W 093

Vis: Baader UV/IR-Cut

UV: BaaderU

Exposure: f/16 @ ISO-200, varying speeds

 

Acadia National Park, Maine, USA

05 August 2015

 

The photos will click up to 1000 pixels wide in an expanded browser.

 

blueHillfromCadillacMt_093IrSun_20150805acadiaNpME_38604pn.jpg

 

blueHillfromCadillacMt_visSun_20150805acadiaNpME_38546pnPf.jpg

 

blueHillfromCadillacMt_uvBaadSun_20150805acadiaNpME_38584pnpn.jpg

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Bill De Jager
An excellent and instructive comparison. As usual, the IR comes out looking really good for this kind of use.
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Andy Perrin

I like all of them too! Am partial to the hazy UV one.

 

However, if the point was to comment on Hornblende's cityscape, the distances here are probably not comparable! Yes, if you have a horizon that's far away you will see the haze more in UV than IR, but the actual distances matter quite a bit! (And so does the day you take the photo on.)

 

Here is one from last year that I took:

http://www.ultravioletphotography.com/content/index.php/topic/1821-walk-from-gloucester-massachusetts-to-beverly-mass/

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Thanks everyone. I enjoy shooting these scenes using the different filters. I have some more of this particular one which I'll try to post.

 

Andy, agreed -- about distances, etc.

 

I'm not sure where the UV haze thing begins to set in as a general rule (if there even is one....). Quarter mile? Half mile? Less? More? The film guys should know because they were big into using UV-block filters for the haze problem in landscapes. I have a hazy UV of some cows from which I was about a football field away. But then it could have been the methane....... :D :D :D

 

I note that UV-blocking did not do my visible shot much good. It is also a hazy. Just from heat/humidity I suppose.

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Here are some samples from other filters. These are 421 pixels wide, so if your browser is expanded some of them will appear side-by-side for comparison purposes. They also look better in an expanded browser.

 

These are edited simply to please myself. You might obtain different false colours or another "look" entirely.

 

Unfiltered

White balance on clouds. Lots of IR in this of course.

blueHillfromCadillacMt_unfiltSun_20150805acadiaNpME_38534pf.jpg

 

IR 092

Fotos made with this filter always click-white to a lovely blue.

The sky could be darkened for a more IR-ish look. The clouds should be brightened a bit.

You are permitted to do that to overcome the lack of dynamic range in the typical digital camera.

blueHillfromCadillacMt_092IrSun_20150805acadiaNpME_38596pn01.jpg

 

 

AndreaU-Mk1

The 1st blue/magenta foto is not white balanced, of course. For the 2nd foto, after white balancing,

I pushed the saturation up to bring out the false green which is often found in UV landscape scenes.

blueHillfromCadillacMt_uvAndreaSun_20150805acadiaNpME_38616pf2.jpgblueHillfromCadillacMt_uvAndreaSun_20150805acadiaNpME_38616pf.jpg

 

 

BG3'

Lime and violet-blue, woo!

blueHillfromCadillacMt_bg3Sun_20150805acadiaNpME_38628pn01.jpg

 

 

UG5 + S8612

Passes UV+Green+Blue, but I didn't get that from it for this distant landscape.

The 2nd foto was white balanced on the clouds.

blueHillfromCadillacMt_ug5s8612Sun_20150805acadiaNpME_38548pf.jpgblueHillfromCadillacMt_ug5s8612Sun_20150805acadiaNpME_38548pf2.jpg

 

 

RG9

blueHillfromCadillacMt_rg9Sun_20150805acadiaNpME_38633pn01.jpg

 

 

BaaderU, again

After white balancing, I pushed the saturation up (2nd foto) to bring out the false green which is often found in UV landscape scenes.

blueHillfromCadillacMt_uvBaadSun_20150805acadiaNpME_38584pnpn01.jpgblueHillfromCadillacMt_uvBaadSun_20150805acadiaNpME_38584pnpnpnSatted.jpg

 

 

U330

When not stacked with an IR-blocker, the IR takes over in this dual bandpass filter.

The foto was white balanced on the clouds. Well, more or less.

blueHillfromCadillacMt_uv330Sun_20150805acadiaNpME_38608pn01.jpg

 

 

RG9 and U330 comparison

Repeat of the preceding fotos because I was amused that the blue and green seem to reverse with these two.

blueHillfromCadillacMt_rg9Sun_20150805acadiaNpME_38633pn01.jpgblueHillfromCadillacMt_uv330Sun_20150805acadiaNpME_38608pn01.jpg

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