Re: IR and humidity

["J.Wood" <shopper@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

At 08:32 AM 5/6/97 PDT, you wrote:
>Years ago I shot a few 4x5 IR in the Yucatan, around Christmas.  One shot was 
>towards the sun.  The sun was not in the frame but just out of it.  I did not 
>get any lens flare, i.e. any polygonal light spots, but I was pointed in the 
>general direction of the sun, not towards something that was reflecting the 
>sunlight.  This exposure came out looking like a literal primordial swamp 
>scene.  The air looked just like steam, very foggy looking (not film fog, but 
>atmospheric) and eerie.  Is this how lens flare looks with IR?
>
>Anyone else have any experience with shots like this?
>
>Dwight
>*
Also several years ago, I got similar results shooting at a waterfall in
Virginia in the summer.  I was using 4x5 HIE and a #25 filter.  It was
increadibly humid but I just thought I'd made a series of bummers.  The
results are exactly what you describe. A fair warning for the future?

Jim Wood

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