The recently announced awards for Travel Photographer of the Year drew my attention because the winning images are infrared photographs by American photographer Piper Mackay. Piper lives in Kenya and has been photographically exploring the wilds of Africa since 2004. Her work has appeared widely, including National Geographic.
The award web page is at www.tpoty.com/tpoty-winners-galleries/2024-winners and there are further examples of wildlife shots on her own web site at www.pipermackayphotography.com/2016/08/africa-in-infrared. She discusses the award on her own blog. Some great images here, whatever the wavelengths.
I emailed Piper to ask what equipment she used and she tells me that she mostly uses a Nikon Z7 converted with a 720 nm filter for her infrared work, which includes both landscape/wildlife shots as well as portraits of local tribespeople.
So, a hearty Infrared 100 congratulations.
[Updated to include photo (courtesy of Piper) and more information from Piper.]
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