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Thor Lidasan

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Infrared Photo Exhibit (New York City)
« on: April 30, 2018, 14:30:40 »
Hi All,

I started this photo journey about 10 years ago with a Nikon D40/Nikon D40x. I was shooting visible light with old Nikkor lenses (manual focus only) as back then, the old lenses were getting dumped on the market cheaply. People were shifting to digital and (almost) throwing away the old pre-AI/AI lenses. Of course, for a novice like me the learning curve was steep when one is shooting manual exposure and focusing on very crappy viewfinders designed for auto-focus lenses. I read blogs and evaluations on the 'net and found Bjørn Rørslett's lens evaluation site.

Why the back story? It was the UV and infrared photographs of Bjørn Rørslett that made me interested in shooting infrared. Eight years later, my infrared photographs will be hanging at the Artists Gallery of Philippine Center in New York (5th Ave corner of 46th St) starting May 14th-25th. It took this long because I never planned nor intended to actually show my photographs in a gallery.

Here are some of the infrared photographs that will be shown. Hope you folks like them, too!

Pandora's Moon
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Thor Lidasan

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Re: Infrared Photo Exhibit (New York City)
« Reply #1 on: April 30, 2018, 14:33:28 »
Trees of Life
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Thor Lidasan

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Re: Infrared Photo Exhibit (New York City)
« Reply #2 on: April 30, 2018, 14:35:24 »
Sands of Time
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Thor Lidasan

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Re: Infrared Photo Exhibit (New York City)
« Reply #3 on: April 30, 2018, 14:36:59 »
Color Me Pink
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Thor Lidasan

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Re: Infrared Photo Exhibit (New York City)
« Reply #4 on: April 30, 2018, 14:45:37 »
Windmills of Time
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Akira

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Re: Infrared Photo Exhibit (New York City)
« Reply #5 on: April 30, 2018, 14:47:28 »
Hi, Thor, welcome back and congratulations!  Your images have always been inspiring, although I'm not shooting in UV or IR currently.  "Pandora's Moon" is amazing!
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Thor Lidasan

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Re: Infrared Photo Exhibit (New York City)
« Reply #6 on: April 30, 2018, 14:51:58 »
Quote from: Akira on April 30, 2018, 14:47:28
Hi, Thor, welcome back and congratulations!  Your images have always been inspiring, although I'm not shooting in UV or IR currently.  "Pandora's Moon" is amazing!

Thank you so much, Akira!

Pandora's Moon turned out to be my favorite infrared shot. From a 6-megapixel D40, I have printed it to 24"x36" size in acrylic and still look great. Something in the photograph that really makes people interested in it.
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Thor Lidasan

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Re: Infrared Photo Exhibit (New York City)
« Reply #7 on: April 30, 2018, 14:53:34 »
Reach Out!
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Re: Infrared Photo Exhibit (New York City)
« Reply #8 on: April 30, 2018, 15:21:37 »
Congratulations!

What a leap , from not planning an exposition to having one on 5th avenue !

the Pandora moon is certainly intriguing I also particularly like the one with the wind mills
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Re: Infrared Photo Exhibit (New York City)
« Reply #9 on: April 30, 2018, 16:07:29 »
#5 and #1 are stunning, congrats on the exhibit
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Thor Lidasan

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Re: Infrared Photo Exhibit (New York City)
« Reply #10 on: April 30, 2018, 16:07:53 »
Quote from: armando_m on April 30, 2018, 15:21:37
Congratulations!

What a leap , from not planning an exposition to having one on 5th avenue !

the Pandora moon is certainly intriguing I also particularly like the one with the wind mills

Thank you, Armando!

Yes, I never thought nor even dreamed of having my photographs (especially infrareds) exhibited in a gallery. Seeing my photos being appreciated in a forum is enough validation for me that I did ok.

Here is another one exhibited (total of 12 photos in the gallery):

The Aftermath
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Thor Lidasan

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Re: Infrared Photo Exhibit (New York City)
« Reply #11 on: April 30, 2018, 16:15:13 »
Quote from: Fons Baerken on April 30, 2018, 16:07:29
#5 and #1 are stunning, congrats on the exhibit

Thank you, Fons!

For long time members of the old Nikongear and the current one, most of you have seen some of these photos. Credit is due to this forum and members who through the years have encouraged me. I do not post regularly but I am in the "lurk" mode. My equipment is the not the newest ones so I am limited to what I can opine about new gear. Heck, I still shoot with my trusty D40/D40x!

Here is another one:

Tropical Pink
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Re: Infrared Photo Exhibit (New York City)
« Reply #12 on: April 30, 2018, 16:30:35 »
Good to see you back Thor.  The Windmills and the Moon for me, but what a nice series.  I like The Aftermath as well.

I still have a D40X - quite a nice light and handy camera, even if it is an oldie.  Its CCD sensor is a retuned version of that in the equally venerable D200.
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Re: Infrared Photo Exhibit (New York City)
« Reply #13 on: April 30, 2018, 17:44:18 »
Congratulations - I've seen several of these earlier and they should display to their full advantage hung in a gallery :D

If memory serves, I commented on the Windmills photo before. Or at least my former persona did.

The D40X is a terrific and neat camera. I kept one permanently modified for IR.
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Re: Infrared Photo Exhibit (New York City)
« Reply #14 on: April 30, 2018, 18:43:48 »
very interesting way to see the world. Unique.
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