I have wanted to visit the conservatory of flowers for a few years now, but I was really excited to take some infrared photos of it. The conservatory of flowers is a green house in the heart of San Francisco, located inside Golden Gate Park. We were heading into the city to shop and decided to take a detour to finally visit the area before dinner.
Conservatory of Flowers Golden Gate Park
You need to buy tickets to enter the building but on a sunny day there are tons of people just outside enjoying the grounds around it as well. So bring a picnic blanket and a chair if you want to hang out for a while.
The inside of the conservatory is fairly small and if you are just there to take pictures should only take you 30mins. If you are going also because you are a plant aficionado and want to explore the exotic plants plan to stay an hour or two.
Equipment
I took my full spectrum converted lumix gf3 with a kit lens and the Vision Architect Optics infrared orange filter. Here is some information on the conversion process I did.
If you are interested in getting your camera converted and the VAO filter check out their website here.
Vision Architect Optics: VAO Filters and Full Spectrum Conversion Service
Ok now let’s check out some images!
Gallery
And if you are curious what the place looks like normally here is a little sneak peak at the visible spectrum shot on film.
Prints
If there was a photo you wanted check out the Darkroom print shop of the available options.
