Folks, Graetings from The Netherlands where I live in Maarssen, near the city of Utrecht. I started a couple of years ago with Infrared, Ultraviolet and Full Spectrum photography and that will be also my prime contribution to this forum. My first topic is already published in the section IR/UV about a solution I found to create images with a realistic Kodak Ektachrome EIR look; an upgrade from Kolari's IR-Chrome filter which is not fully competable as it laks the needed colorshifst... Read more ..read more

A few street photography images as we passed through Train and Subway Stations in Europe Olympus E-M10 with 14-42mm kit lens, processed in Snapseed App on iPad/iPhone ..read more

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Hello, This is my very first post and I would like to introduce a realistic work around to create a real digital EIR image with all the benefits of the former Kodak Ektachrome Infrared film. A REALISTC DIGITAL KODAK EKTACHROME EIR SIMULATION Many infrared photographers are looking for a look and feel of photographing color infrared as with the Kodak Ektachrome EIR film which was discontinued around 2010. There are several digital filter solutions who are comming close to EIR as the... Read more ..read more

The waterborne American Coot is one good reminder that not everything that floats is a duck. A close look at a coot—that small head, those scrawny legs—reveals a different kind of bird entirely. Their dark bodies and white faces are common sights in nearly any open water across the continent, and they often mix with ducks. But they’re closer relatives of the gangly Sandhill Crane and the nearly invisible rails than of Mallards or teal ..read more

Although it can climb up the trunks of trees and hammer on wood like other woodpeckers, the Northern Flicker prefers to find food on the ground. Ants are its main food, and the flicker digs in the dirt to find them. It uses its long barbed tongue to lap up the ants ..read more

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Hi, These were altered with the Lucis Art plugin: 1. 2. 3. 4. I will consider all comments and critiques. Nicolas ..read more

In 1825, Charles Lucien Bonaparte, nephew of Napoleon Bonaparte, gave the first detailed description of the Yellow-headed Blackbird, which was collected in 1820 by Thomas Say and Sir John Richardson ..read more

An Osprey may log more than 160,000 migration miles during its 15-to-20-year lifetime. Scientists track Ospreys by strapping lightweight satellite transmitters to the birds’ backs. The devices pinpoint an Osprey's location to within a few hundred yards and last for 2-3 years. During 13 days in 2008, one Osprey flew 2,700 miles—from Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts, to French Guiana, South America ..read more