Airport Fantasia (Infrared). Mother Nature take great pride in being generally unpredictable (except when she, unpredictably, decides not to be). Sometimes (as in another recent photo of mine) she punctures her cloudy skies and sends us beautiful beams of sunlight. Other times, she does the opposite by casting shadows from her otherwise sunny skies. Either way, my fearless infrared camera is happy to be on the job.

In this instance, the occasion was a warm summer afternoon at...
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Airport Fantasia (Infrared). Mother Nature take great pride in being generally unpredictable (except when she, unpredictably, decides not to be). Sometimes (as in another recent photo of mine) she punctures her cloudy skies and sends us beautiful beams of sunlight. Other times, she does the opposite by casting shadows from her otherwise sunny skies. Either way, my fearless infrared camera is happy to be on the job.

In this instance, the occasion was a warm summer afternoon at the Sedona airport, and Ms Nature very thoughtfully (but briefly) beamed a lovely shadow onto Mitten Ridge. The camera, intrepid as always, snapped into action.

Tech info: Nikon D3200 camera (modified for infrared with 590nm filter), Nikon 18-140mm lens at 112mm, 1/1000 sec. at f11, ISO 200.

Image ©2021 James D. Peterson
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