The Yukon - Full Spectrum Infrared

In June of 2022, I was fortunate to have the opportunity to return to the Yukon territory of Canada, and this time, I brought along my Full Spectrum Infrared Fujifilm X-T2. Showcasing the natural world in a whole new light, using this technology was an experiment in exploring the familiar through science & imagination.

The camera is a regular Fujifilm X-T2 mirrorless camera, with the Infrared & UV blocking filters removed. As a result, the sensor is now capable of capturing light within the ‘full-spectrum’ of wavelengths. The resulting visual image is a hybrid of ‘visible’ and infrared light being captured by the sensor.

As for the colours themselves, the invisible infrared light of CIR (camera infrared technology) can be ‘seen’ by shifting the ‘visible’ spectrum over. Near infrared wavelengths become visible as red, while red wavelengths appear as green, green as blue, and so forth. Because living vegetation particularly reflects infrared light intensely, most visibly ‘green’ vegetation registers as red. Non-living things like rocks, sky, buildings, water reflect significantly less infrared light, as well as other wavelengths of light (UV), and thus appear normal or slightly different in ‘visible’ appearance.