Act of jealousy

[Olivier]

I have seen wonderful reds in recent IR shots from Birna and Paco. This triggered my envy to shoot IR again, so I went to Singapore Botanic Gardens yesterday and got this...
Maybe I overreacted a bit!

[Frank Fremerey]

I like it. It looks like a lake with a lot of wetness loving grasses

[golunvolo]

Great graphic impact. Please continue! I miss your work


  P.S.: Thanks for the huge compliment. Happy to be of service 

[Akira]

Welcome back to IR, Olivier!  In this case, your reaction seems to be very appropriate!

[Peter Forsell]

Awesome image!

[Olivier]

Thanks everyone! It felt good to find some motivation in the work of the masters.

Frank: These are very tall orchids, probably 3m high. There is no water involved in this shot but IR combined with PS torturing may explain this impression. I hope you feel better already.

Here is another color shot of a huge leave (probably 5-6 meters wide). I don't know the plant but each of its leaves can offer shelter to many people when the heavy Singaporean rain attacks.
The following picture (IR B&W) shows a similar leave from behind.

All taken with my V1 IR and 10-30 kit lens.

[Akira]

Olivier, thank you for the description of the shooting environment.  The peculiar shapes of these exotic tropical plants seem to be effective to enhance the other-worldly IR images.

Your jealousy is definitely a very positive one!

[Frank Fremerey]

1. I love Botanical Gardens, tend to visit every incarnation wherever I may roam.

2. You got some phantastic eye to see stuff others do not see. Many of your pictures are burnt into my memory and some of them I save to disk to show other people how real talent looks like. #5: two phantastic visionary shots again!

3. no I am not better and still lack a diagnosis. Last night was bad, but symptoms are a-changing like the color of a chameleon changes with its mood.

[Fons Baerken]

Great images Olivier.

[rosko]

Nice stuff, Olivier !

Love especially the first shot : It gives some fuel for imagination ...

Francis.

[armando_m]

incredibly beautiful patterns

[Airy]

Reading the title of the post, I did not suspect *that*.
Great images in their strangeness, to which IR contributes usefully.