I know everyone likes to say from the sublime to the ridiculous, these images have some good starts that lead to the ridlime and on to the subdiculous.
These were meant to be test pictures just for me to calibrate my settings and work towards betters pictures. By accident I discovered a horrifying edit. The Full Spectrum Sensor captures here are with a sharp accurate modern Sony Zeiss lens having the aid of an IR Cut and Aerochrome Tone Filters. I know the colours in the light as seen here and can gain an insight on the very new to me Digital Full Spectrum photography. Beyond that I thought a few people might wish to see me full of fever and in the swirling midst of strange responses to wavelength, tone and manipulation? The exacting nature of the Full Spectrum images offers insight into several aspects of photography. I can see my skin showing scratches with the areas that I am rubbing taking on dark tones in some edits. The stone work renders the most recent hewn pieces differently to the old. With careful adjustments there could be dyes and different surfaces ready to reveal more detail and design even to illustrate modern repairs and untimely traces of chemicals.
These pictures are taken with a Full Spectrum Camera.
The wavelengths visible to other than human eyes can be explored with a Full Spectrum Camera. My friend who loaned me this camera and a set of lenses and filters describes the experience of dogs that cannot easily discern between a red ball and the green of the grass on which it sits.
A Full Spectrum Digital Camera is often a modified camera that can record light beyond the human visible spectrum. By capturing ultraviolet (UV) and infrared (IR) light the images reveal a now visible representation of the sight given in the wider wavelengths. This can be achieved by removing the built-in UV/IR cut filter found in standard cameras, this allows for a wider range of light to reach the sensor and to be recorded in a manner visible to the human eye. With the addition of either external filters to the lens, or clip in to the sensor, photographers can choose to block certain wavelengths. These additional filters can be used to isolate ultraviolet UV, infrared IR, or human visible light to achieve specific effects that include using the camera for lowlight photography.
I can photograph a wide spectrum,
I can photograph a wide spectrum,
photograph it fully all electrum,
also use some delicate filtration
and edit with plenty of adaptation,
Electromagnetic radiation,
in flowing optical variation
sensed differently by all living beings
and also further seen by some ma-chi-nes
from before the dawn of Ultraviolet
to far beyond Infrared at sunset
Isaac Newton observed Purple and Indigo,
With Blue and Green, and Yellow too,
With Orange and Red
That is what he said,
Yet some today say his Blue was Cyan
And now the spectrum transfers, without division
It does not precisely fit a divine plan
There is more to light than is in our vision
We are always watching and comprehending the phenomenon
And some also maybe listening to this rather flawed failed song…
© PHH Sykes 2025
