{"id":7201,"date":"2013-10-02T17:34:04","date_gmt":"2013-10-03T00:34:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ezpixels.com\/blog\/?p=7201"},"modified":"2013-10-02T17:42:39","modified_gmt":"2013-10-03T00:42:39","slug":"flagstaff-fall-color-part-one","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/ezpixels.com\/blog\/flagstaff-fall-color-part-one\/","title":{"rendered":"Flagstaff Fall Color Part One"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-7202\" alt=\"mjensen-infrared-aspens-hart-prairie\" src=\"http:\/\/ezpixels.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/mjensen-infrared-aspens-hart-prairie-150x150.jpg\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"http:\/\/ezpixels.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/mjensen-infrared-aspens-hart-prairie-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/ezpixels.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/mjensen-infrared-aspens-hart-prairie-94x94.jpg 94w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/>Predicting prime time for fall color is difficult because there are just too many factors involved. This year, for instance, our weather has been strange which might be the reason the leaves are turning about a week later than the past several years but who knows?! I was prepared for no color by bringing along my Infrared converted camera. Here are some of my favorite first shots.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>My photos below were captured with a Canon 5D which was converted to Infrared by <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lifepixel.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">LifePixel<\/a><\/strong> There are several conversion options. I chose one which kept a little color in the files. This allows me to create faux color if I want a more creative look.<span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lifepixel.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">.<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_7202\" style=\"width: 590px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/ezpixels.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/mjensen-infrared-aspens-hart-prairie.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7202\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-7202 \" alt=\"Aspens along Hart Prairie Road in Flagstaff\" src=\"http:\/\/ezpixels.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/mjensen-infrared-aspens-hart-prairie-580x600.jpg\" width=\"580\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"http:\/\/ezpixels.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/mjensen-infrared-aspens-hart-prairie-580x600.jpg 580w, http:\/\/ezpixels.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/mjensen-infrared-aspens-hart-prairie-620x641.jpg 620w, http:\/\/ezpixels.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/mjensen-infrared-aspens-hart-prairie.jpg 870w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 580px) 100vw, 580px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-7202\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Aspens along Hart Prairie Road in Flagstaff. This is a jpeg capture. Except for tonal corrections, this image is straight from the camera. The color you see is a result of a custom white balance.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_7203\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/ezpixels.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/mjensen-lockett-meadow-infrared-2.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7203\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-7203 \" alt=\"Lockett Meadow panorama. This is also a popular location for Wildflowers in Summer.\" src=\"http:\/\/ezpixels.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/mjensen-lockett-meadow-infrared-2-600x276.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"276\" srcset=\"http:\/\/ezpixels.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/mjensen-lockett-meadow-infrared-2-600x276.jpg 600w, http:\/\/ezpixels.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/mjensen-lockett-meadow-infrared-2-652x300.jpg 652w, http:\/\/ezpixels.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/mjensen-lockett-meadow-infrared-2-620x285.jpg 620w, http:\/\/ezpixels.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/mjensen-lockett-meadow-infrared-2.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-7203\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Lockett Meadow panorama. This is also a popular location for Wildflowers in Summer.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_7205\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/ezpixels.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/mjensen-lockett-meadow-road-2.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7205\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-7205 \" alt=\"Road into the campground at Lockett Meadow. Faux color achieved by swapping color channels.\" src=\"http:\/\/ezpixels.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/mjensen-lockett-meadow-road-2-600x490.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"490\" srcset=\"http:\/\/ezpixels.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/mjensen-lockett-meadow-road-2-600x490.jpg 600w, http:\/\/ezpixels.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/mjensen-lockett-meadow-road-2-734x600.jpg 734w, http:\/\/ezpixels.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/mjensen-lockett-meadow-road-2-620x506.jpg 620w, http:\/\/ezpixels.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/mjensen-lockett-meadow-road-2.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-7205\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Road into the campground at Lockett Meadow. Faux color achieved by swapping color channels.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_7207\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/ezpixels.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/mjensen-inner-basin-trail-2-.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7207\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-7207 \" alt=\"Along the Inner Basin Trail which is accessed from Lockett Meadow. Here I converted to BW with just a touch of color.\" src=\"http:\/\/ezpixels.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/mjensen-inner-basin-trail-2--600x418.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"418\" srcset=\"http:\/\/ezpixels.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/mjensen-inner-basin-trail-2--600x418.jpg 600w, http:\/\/ezpixels.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/mjensen-inner-basin-trail-2--800x557.jpg 800w, http:\/\/ezpixels.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/mjensen-inner-basin-trail-2--620x431.jpg 620w, http:\/\/ezpixels.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/mjensen-inner-basin-trail-2-.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-7207\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Along the Inner Basin Trail which is accessed from Lockett Meadow. Here I converted to BW with just a hint of color.<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Predicting prime time for fall color is difficult because there are just too many factors involved. This year, for instance, our weather has been strange which might be the reason the leaves are turning about a week later than the past several years but who knows?! I was prepared for no color by bringing along [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3,88,142,7,80,104],"tags":[330,106,79,992],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/ezpixels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7201"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/ezpixels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/ezpixels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/ezpixels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/ezpixels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7201"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"http:\/\/ezpixels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7201\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7214,"href":"http:\/\/ezpixels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7201\/revisions\/7214"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/ezpixels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7201"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/ezpixels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7201"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/ezpixels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7201"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}