Now before I let you go any further, I warn you that there is at the end of this post an "unsettling" image (nothing inappropriate I assure but unsettling nevertheless).
As some of you may have gathered by now, during some of my free time I work as a volunteer at the Canadian Railway Museum. Most of the time I act as a guide but on some occasions I do bring my photo equipment and shoot images of the collection that the museum can later use as it sees fit.
About a year ago I did an entire afternoon of photography in what we call the Great Gallery, a large train station-like area where locomotives and rolling stock are in display. With me, three cameras, a traditional Pentax K-1000 with Tri-400 Max black & white film, my Canon Rebel XT and another Rebel XT (belonging to a friend) but with the infrared blocker, in front of the CCD, removed (this allows the camera to shoot near infrared-like images).
Here's an example of an infrared pic taken with the second Rebel XT:
Here's another one:
At some point during the afternoon I stepped aboard sleeper car Neuville, built at the end of the 19th century for the Canadian Pacific. It's a passenger car equipped with 4 bunks and one lavatory. Seeking to get unusual angles, I stepped inside the lavatory and took a picture. Unfortunately I had forgot to remove the flash. Here's the picture:
What I had found interesting with this angle was the fact that the next track was visible throught the mirror's reflection. I shot the picture again without flash but my Sigma 17-70mm lens, not having any image stabilization, produced blurred shots. That's when I decided to take the picture again but using the infrared-sensitive Rebel XT.
And this, is what came out:
Not knowing if the shot was any good, I took another one and this is what I saw on my computer, back home. (this, is the unsettling pic):
As some of you may have gathered by now, during some of my free time I work as a volunteer at the Canadian Railway Museum. Most of the time I act as a guide but on some occasions I do bring my photo equipment and shoot images of the collection that the museum can later use as it sees fit.
About a year ago I did an entire afternoon of photography in what we call the Great Gallery, a large train station-like area where locomotives and rolling stock are in display. With me, three cameras, a traditional Pentax K-1000 with Tri-400 Max black & white film, my Canon Rebel XT and another Rebel XT (belonging to a friend) but with the infrared blocker, in front of the CCD, removed (this allows the camera to shoot near infrared-like images).
Here's an example of an infrared pic taken with the second Rebel XT:
Here's another one:
At some point during the afternoon I stepped aboard sleeper car Neuville, built at the end of the 19th century for the Canadian Pacific. It's a passenger car equipped with 4 bunks and one lavatory. Seeking to get unusual angles, I stepped inside the lavatory and took a picture. Unfortunately I had forgot to remove the flash. Here's the picture:
What I had found interesting with this angle was the fact that the next track was visible throught the mirror's reflection. I shot the picture again without flash but my Sigma 17-70mm lens, not having any image stabilization, produced blurred shots. That's when I decided to take the picture again but using the infrared-sensitive Rebel XT.
And this, is what came out:
Not knowing if the shot was any good, I took another one and this is what I saw on my computer, back home. (this, is the unsettling pic):
I'm not saying you did, I'm just saying that really IS unsettling no matter if it's a ghost or creative license!
