Leica & Alt Monochrom(e) Images
p.39 #3Leica & Alt Monochrom(e) Images
We summitted Rainier via the Kautz route and did an "up and over" - up the Kautz, down the Disappointment Cleaver - meaning we had to carry our full packs (~60 lbs) all the way. It's a technical route that required my full attention, so photography was a lower priority, and the biggest miss in terms photo opportunities was the Kautz ice chute: Utterly beautiful, but it required one ice axe in each hand. We were dealing with 40 mph winds at the summit, so again the camera stayed in the pack so the wind would have no opportunity to blow away any essential gear as I reach for the camera.
All taken with a Q2M and a dark red filter. Any ugly gradients in the dark skies are caused by Zenfolio.
All taken with a Q2M and a dark red filter. Any ugly gradients in the dark skies are caused by Zenfolio.
Jul 16, 2026 at 06:23 PM
p.39 #4Leica & Alt Monochrom(e) Images
All with full spectrum fp-L
_SDI0660.jpg by DFT Images, on Flickr
_SDI0648.jpg by DFT Images, on Flickr
_SDI0664.jpg by DFT Images, on Flickr
_SDI0660.jpg by DFT Images, on Flickr_SDI0648.jpg by DFT Images, on Flickr_SDI0664.jpg by DFT Images, on FlickrJul 19, 2026 at 10:31 AM
p.39 #5Leica & Alt Monochrom(e) Images
theHUN wrote:
We summitted Rainier via the Kautz route and did an "up and over" - up the Kautz, down the Disappointment Cleaver - meaning we had to carry our full packs (~60 lbs) all the way. It's a technical route that required my full attention, so photography was a lower priority, and the biggest miss in terms photo opportunities was the Kautz ice chute: Utterly beautiful, but it required one ice axe in each hand. We were dealing with 40 mph winds at the summit, so again the camera stayed in the pack so the wind would have no opportunity to...Show more →
This is the best example I've seen of a monochrome sensor paired with a dark red filter producing results that simply can't be replicated with a color sensor and post-processing. If I tried to achieve this with a color filter conversion, it would take an enormous amount of post-processing time just to smooth the transition tones and avoid artifacts and haloing. It really shows something a monochrome sensor combined with a dark red filter can do that a bayer-filtered sensor can't, at least not at this level of quality.
We summitted Rainier via the Kautz route and did an "up and over" - up the Kautz, down the Disappointment Cleaver - meaning we had to carry our full packs (~60 lbs) all the way. It's a technical route that required my full attention, so photography was a lower priority, and the biggest miss in terms photo opportunities was the Kautz ice chute: Utterly beautiful, but it required one ice axe in each hand. We were dealing with 40 mph winds at the summit, so again the camera stayed in the pack so the wind would have no opportunity to...Show more →
This is the best example I've seen of a monochrome sensor paired with a dark red filter producing results that simply can't be replicated with a color sensor and post-processing. If I tried to achieve this with a color filter conversion, it would take an enormous amount of post-processing time just to smooth the transition tones and avoid artifacts and haloing. It really shows something a monochrome sensor combined with a dark red filter can do that a bayer-filtered sensor can't, at least not at this level of quality.
Jul 19, 2026 at 11:19 AM
p.39 #6Leica & Alt Monochrom(e) Images
Fred Miranda wrote:
This is the best example I've seen of a monochrome sensor paired with a dark red filter producing results that simply can't be replicated with a color sensor and post-processing. If I tried to achieve this with a color filter conversion, it would take an enormous amount of post-processing time just to smooth the transition tones and avoid artifacts and haloing. It really shows something a monochrome sensor combined with a dark red filter can do that a bayer-filtered sensor can't, at least not at this level of quality.
Many thanks for the kind words. Mountaineering and glacier travel are the perfect match for a monochrome sensor + dark red filter. I had taken this combo on two separate summit attempts on Denali with equally great results.
Edit: And credit to Peter Schön, his work (which inspired me to commit to mono + dark red), and his insights as I was exploring camera options for these trips.
This is the best example I've seen of a monochrome sensor paired with a dark red filter producing results that simply can't be replicated with a color sensor and post-processing. If I tried to achieve this with a color filter conversion, it would take an enormous amount of post-processing time just to smooth the transition tones and avoid artifacts and haloing. It really shows something a monochrome sensor combined with a dark red filter can do that a bayer-filtered sensor can't, at least not at this level of quality.
Many thanks for the kind words. Mountaineering and glacier travel are the perfect match for a monochrome sensor + dark red filter. I had taken this combo on two separate summit attempts on Denali with equally great results.
Edit: And credit to Peter Schön, his work (which inspired me to commit to mono + dark red), and his insights as I was exploring camera options for these trips.
Jul 19, 2026 at 02:00 PM
p.39 #7Leica & Alt Monochrom(e) Images
Fred Miranda wrote:
All taken with a Q2M and a dark red filter. Any ugly gradients in the dark skies are caused by Zenfolio.
https://geza.zenfolio.com/img/s/v-10/p1542251689-6.jpg
https://geza.zenfolio.com/img/s/v-10/p1542252261-6.jpg
https://geza.zenfolio.com/img/s/v-10/p1542252537-6.jpg
https://geza.zenfolio.com/img/s/v-10/p1542248160-6.jpg
https://geza.zenfolio.com/img/s/v-10/p1542248943-6.jpg
https://geza.zenfolio.com/img/s/v-10/p1542249210-6.jpg
https://geza.zenfolio.com/img/s/v-10/p1542249502-6.jpg
https://geza.zenfolio.com/img/s/v-10/p1542249965-6.jpg
https://geza.zenfolio.com/img/s/v-10/p1542250524-6.jpg
https://geza.zenfolio.com/img/s/v-10/p1542250833-6.jpgThis is the best example I've seen of a monochrome sensor paired with a dark red filter producing results that simply can't be replicated with a color sensor and post-processing. If I tried to achieve this with a color filter conversion, it would take an enormous amount of post-processing time just to smooth the transition tones and avoid artifacts and haloing. It really shows something a monochrome sensor combined with a dark red filter can do that a bayer-filtered sensor can't, at least not at this level of quality.
A lot of this is due not just to the monochrome sensor plus red filter but also the high altitude, low humidity, and clear air that I assume was part of the environment in which these were taken.
theHUN wrote
We summitted Rainier via the Kautz route and did an "up and over" - up the Kautz, down the Disappointment Cleaver - meaning we had to carry our full packs (~60 lbs) all the way. It's a technical route that required my full attention, so photography was a lower priority, and the biggest miss in terms photo opportunities was the Kautz ice chute: Utterly beautiful, but it required one ice axe in each hand. We were dealing with 40 mph winds at the summit, so again the camera stayed in the pack so the wind would have no opportunity to blow away any essential gear as I reach for the camera.All taken with a Q2M and a dark red filter. Any ugly gradients in the dark skies are caused by Zenfolio.
https://geza.zenfolio.com/img/s/v-10/p1542251689-6.jpg
https://geza.zenfolio.com/img/s/v-10/p1542252261-6.jpg
https://geza.zenfolio.com/img/s/v-10/p1542252537-6.jpg
https://geza.zenfolio.com/img/s/v-10/p1542248160-6.jpg
https://geza.zenfolio.com/img/s/v-10/p1542248943-6.jpg
https://geza.zenfolio.com/img/s/v-10/p1542249210-6.jpg
https://geza.zenfolio.com/img/s/v-10/p1542249502-6.jpg
https://geza.zenfolio.com/img/s/v-10/p1542249965-6.jpg
https://geza.zenfolio.com/img/s/v-10/p1542250524-6.jpg
https://geza.zenfolio.com/img/s/v-10/p1542250833-6.jpg
A lot of this is due not just to the monochrome sensor plus red filter but also the high altitude, low humidity, and clear air that I assume was part of the environment in which these were taken.
Jul 19, 2026 at 05:51 PM
p.39 #8Leica & Alt Monochrom(e) Images
highdesertmesa wrote:
All taken with a Q2M and a dark red filter. Any ugly gradients in the dark skies are caused by Zenfolio.
https://geza.zenfolio.com/img/s/v-10/p1542251689-6.jpg
https://geza.zenfolio.com/img/s/v-10/p1542252261-6.jpg
https://geza.zenfolio.com/img/s/v-10/p1542252537-6.jpg
https://geza.zenfolio.com/img/s/v-10/p1542248160-6.jpg
https://geza.zenfolio.com/img/s/v-10/p1542248943-6.jpg
https://geza.zenfolio.com/img/s/v-10/p1542249210-6.jpg
https://geza.zenfolio.com/img/s/v-10/p1542249502-6.jpg
https://geza.zenfolio.com/img/s/v-10/p1542249965-6.jpg
https://geza.zenfolio.com/img/s/v-10/p1542250524-6.jpg
https://geza.zenfolio.com/img/s/v-10/p1542250833-6.jpgThis is the best example I've seen of a monochrome sensor paired with a dark red filter producing results that simply can't be replicated with a color sensor and post-processing. If I tried to achieve this with a color filter conversion, it would take an enormous amount of post-processing time just to smooth the transition tones and avoid artifacts and haloing. It really shows something a monochrome sensor combined with a dark red filter can do that a bayer-filtered sensor can't, at least not at this level of quality.A lot of this is due not just to the monochrome sensor plus red filter but also the high altitude, low humidity, and clear air that I assume was part of the environment in which these were taken.
I thought the same thing, but all hail the guy willing to go there to get the shots. I can't get much above 13k without feeling very old these days.
Fred Miranda wrote
theHUN wrote
We summitted Rainier via the Kautz route and did an "up and over" - up the Kautz, down the Disappointment Cleaver - meaning we had to carry our full packs (~60 lbs) all the way. It's a technical route that required my full attention, so photography was a lower priority, and the biggest miss in terms photo opportunities was the Kautz ice chute: Utterly beautiful, but it required one ice axe in each hand. We were dealing with 40 mph winds at the summit, so again the camera stayed in the pack so the wind would have no opportunity to blow away any essential gear as I reach for the camera.All taken with a Q2M and a dark red filter. Any ugly gradients in the dark skies are caused by Zenfolio.
https://geza.zenfolio.com/img/s/v-10/p1542251689-6.jpg
https://geza.zenfolio.com/img/s/v-10/p1542252261-6.jpg
https://geza.zenfolio.com/img/s/v-10/p1542252537-6.jpg
https://geza.zenfolio.com/img/s/v-10/p1542248160-6.jpg
https://geza.zenfolio.com/img/s/v-10/p1542248943-6.jpg
https://geza.zenfolio.com/img/s/v-10/p1542249210-6.jpg
https://geza.zenfolio.com/img/s/v-10/p1542249502-6.jpg
https://geza.zenfolio.com/img/s/v-10/p1542249965-6.jpg
https://geza.zenfolio.com/img/s/v-10/p1542250524-6.jpg
https://geza.zenfolio.com/img/s/v-10/p1542250833-6.jpg
I thought the same thing, but all hail the guy willing to go there to get the shots. I can't get much above 13k without feeling very old these days.
Jul 19, 2026 at 09:22 PM
p.39 #9Leica & Alt Monochrom(e) Images
Wow! Utterly incredible!!! These make me feel like I was there and I'm so undeserving :-)
I looked at your photos from the previous climbs too, and they are breathtaking as well.
Thanks!!!
I looked at your photos from the previous climbs too, and they are breathtaking as well.
Thanks!!!
Jul 19, 2026 at 10:31 PM
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p.39 #11Leica & Alt Monochrom(e) Images
_SDI0693.jpg by DFT Images, on Flickr
_SDI0699.jpg by DFT Images, on Flickr
_SDI0685.jpg by DFT Images, on FlickrAug 03, 2026 at 03:34 AM
p.39 #12Leica & Alt Monochrom(e) Images
_SDI0706.jpg by DFT Images, on Flickr
SDIM5490_BW.jpg by DFT Images, on Flickr
_SDI0712.jpg by DFT Images, on FlickrAug 09, 2026 at 03:19 PM
p.39 #13Leica & Alt Monochrom(e) Images
I was in El Dorado SP today shooting a couple of climbing friends of mine and also brought along the mono rII for other fun. This is what you’ll see at the gas station on the right when you turn off HW93.
ECTO1_side by Bradley Clemens, on Flickr
ECTO1_front by Bradley Clemens, on Flickr
Who needs Coffee and Cars when you’ve got Eldo Liquor and a very cheap imitation ECTO-1?
Those were taken with the Minolta MD 28/2, a lens that continues to impress me both on the mono and film. It’s my favorite wide with the MD 50/2 and 100/2.5. Today was the first time I put an IR filter on it (850nm) and it did very well. This one’s shot into the sun with hand-shading.
IRMinoMD28_2 by Bradley Clemens, on Flickr
And a two-shot pano from the other side of the bridge with the light more behind me.
IRMinoMD28_2Pano by Bradley Clemens, on Flickr
Nothing to cry about performance-wise. I had hoped for better skies, since we had such a great morning, but no.
Anyway, here’s a couple shots from what has become part of my favorite kit, the Minony (Sonolta?) 50/2.8 and then the Canon EF 100/2, both of which thrill me. They’re great in IR, too, but I was going for vis mono here.
BetweenThings by Bradley Clemens, on Flickr
CarverofStone by Bradley Clemens, on Flickr
ECTO1_side by Bradley Clemens, on FlickrECTO1_front by Bradley Clemens, on FlickrWho needs Coffee and Cars when you’ve got Eldo Liquor and a very cheap imitation ECTO-1?
Those were taken with the Minolta MD 28/2, a lens that continues to impress me both on the mono and film. It’s my favorite wide with the MD 50/2 and 100/2.5. Today was the first time I put an IR filter on it (850nm) and it did very well. This one’s shot into the sun with hand-shading.
IRMinoMD28_2 by Bradley Clemens, on FlickrAnd a two-shot pano from the other side of the bridge with the light more behind me.
IRMinoMD28_2Pano by Bradley Clemens, on FlickrNothing to cry about performance-wise. I had hoped for better skies, since we had such a great morning, but no.
Anyway, here’s a couple shots from what has become part of my favorite kit, the Minony (Sonolta?) 50/2.8 and then the Canon EF 100/2, both of which thrill me. They’re great in IR, too, but I was going for vis mono here.
BetweenThings by Bradley Clemens, on FlickrCarverofStone by Bradley Clemens, on FlickrSep 03, 2026 at 12:24 AM
p.39 #15Leica & Alt Monochrom(e) Images
_SDI0725.jpg by DFT Images, on FlickrSep 07, 2026 at 05:22 PM
p.39 #16Leica & Alt Monochrom(e) Images
One with the Nikon AF-S 300/4 D. A silver maple branch fell in the yard and the rabbits have been using it as a safe space in the afternoons when the hawks are about. So I guess I have a lawn ornament for a while.
HidingfromYou by Bradley Clemens, on Flickr
A couple with the relatively new to me MD 20/2.8, a lens I’m learning to love.
StayBadass by Bradley Clemens, on Flickr
TheO by Bradley Clemens, on Flickr
And one more with the old reliable Sonolta 50/2.8.
GratefulGnome by Bradley Clemens, on Flickr
HidingfromYou by Bradley Clemens, on FlickrA couple with the relatively new to me MD 20/2.8, a lens I’m learning to love.
StayBadass by Bradley Clemens, on FlickrTheO by Bradley Clemens, on FlickrAnd one more with the old reliable Sonolta 50/2.8.
GratefulGnome by Bradley Clemens, on FlickrOct 14, 2026 at 06:08 PM
p.39 #17Leica & Alt Monochrom(e) Images
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p.39 #18Leica & Alt Monochrom(e) Images
One with the Mino 20...
ACFD10_2 by Bradley Clemens, on Flickr
Two shot pano with the Canon nFD 100-300/5.6 @300/8 with the 850nm filter...
TwoShotsfromthePlains by Bradley Clemens, on Flickr
ACFD10_2 by Bradley Clemens, on FlickrTwo shot pano with the Canon nFD 100-300/5.6 @300/8 with the 850nm filter...
TwoShotsfromthePlains by Bradley Clemens, on FlickrOct 18, 2026 at 10:14 PM
p.39 #19Leica & Alt Monochrom(e) Images
Ne314satel wrote:
m11 + 15mm
https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/55504855795_1026c4f745_b.jpg
Which 15mm did you use for this? I am looking for a good ultra wide for my M11P...
m11 + 15mm
https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/55504855795_1026c4f745_b.jpg
Which 15mm did you use for this? I am looking for a good ultra wide for my M11P...
Oct 21, 2026 at 07:16 AM
p.39 #20Leica & Alt Monochrom(e) Images
BRuhling2 wrote:
https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/55504855795_1026c4f745_b.jpgWhich 15mm did you use for this? I am looking for a good ultra wide for my M11P...
Lens - Voigtlander Super Wide-Heliar f/4,5 15mm II, 150g - it's the best or WATE 16-18-21
Ne314satel wrote
m11 + 15mmhttps://live.staticflickr.com/65535/55504855795_1026c4f745_b.jpg
Lens - Voigtlander Super Wide-Heliar f/4,5 15mm II, 150g - it's the best or WATE 16-18-21
Oct 21, 2026 at 03:36 PM