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 to get permission to include a shot in this post, but she has not as yet responded. Her blog, however, notes that for many years she used a Nikon Z7 (presumable converted) for her infrared work. If she is able to give us more information then I will update. In the meantime, a hearty Infrared 100 congratulations.
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