I stopped off on the way home from Ullapool at the this wee gem of a place. I wish all museums were as welcoming as this one.
A monochrome conversion of a near Infra Red image. Organic materials reflect infra red light rendering them white, while inorganic materials don’t. Eight seconds at f8, ISO 100
The same shot in normal colour.
The Valiant cockpit and Buccaneer nose section
Lightning nose section
A High Dynamic Range shot inside the Valiant.
The Hunter minus the canopy cover. My thanks to the staff for offering to remove the cover. The armoured glass and side panels await replacement.
Thirty years seperate these two aircraft, the Hunter first flew in 1955 and the Tornado in 1981.
The same shot as a monochrome conversion of a near infra red photo
The Hunter
Herald nose section as a monochrome conversion of a near infra red image
Conventional colour.
….. as you may have guessed I’m a great fan of monochromes.
By: spike - 16th June 2008 at 09:29
I live close to Ullapool and the guy who owns and set up the Highland Aircraft museum is a friend of mine. I have done some restoration work on the elevators of the Hunter. James Campbell who set up the museum did so because although never in the RAF he has a great interest in all things flying. He has used his own money to do this and with the aid of his father have produced a great little museum.
Nice set of photos – I thought that infra red film was sensitive to heat and not to the type of material in the photo, or have I misread your post.
By: mike currill - 7th June 2008 at 18:57
And why not indeed? Monochrome requires far more attention to composition than colour so you need to think about it a bit more. Basically it’s thinking person’s photography.
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June 3, 2008 at 10:12 am