Rainforest Entrance

I printed most of the good infrared shots as 5 x 7 proofs today. I'm superstious enough not to want to jinx it - but there are four or five beautiful, mysterious prints in the set. Bits and pieces in the prints sort of peer out from behind the leaves. For example, my reflection is in the shot below. No, not the large figure on the left (that was a woman on the other side of the glass feeding the Tucans) but just to the left of the doors. And the doors are not a reflection either - they are painted to blend in with the forest - which they really do in this shot. I had to study this shot for a while to figure out how the pieces came together.

So - I know - it's not for everyone. I wonder what I would have thought of it ten years ago when I was in my realism phase. But today - it seems to hold up for me.

My only problem with the IR film is the awful curl that makes it tough to get the strip into the scanner holder. It's pretty funny to watch because half the time the damned thing curls up at both ends before I can snap the holder shut.

There's probably some film uncurler somewhere - or the way things are going with film - maybe not.


Entrance to Central Park Zoo rainforest. IR film.





Version II, Hedges & Woman (ir film)