Golf
A different view of East Lake Golf Club
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Credit: Ben Gray
210905-Atlanta-Fans line the fifth green during the final round of the PGA Tour Championship on Sunday, Sept. 5, 2021, at East Lake Golf Club in Atlanta. Ben Gray for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution
For a different view of the PGA Championship at East Lake Golf Club, photographer Ben Gray used a digital camera modified to record only infrared light and processed the images using a color channel swap to return the skies to blue. These infrared photos capture invisible light and turn the courseÑand the peopleÑto a ghostly white.
Lush expanses of perfectly manicured green. Colorful crowds of onlookers.
That’s the typical view at East Lake Golf Club during the PGA Tour Championship.
While photographer Ben Gray was capturing traditional images during this year’s tournament, he decided to take a different view — infrared. He used a digital camera modified to record only infrared light. The images were then processed using a technique that swapped the color channels to return the skies to blue.
These infrared photos capture invisible light and turn green foliage and most clothing to a ghostly white, causing the familiar scenes of a golf tournament to turn into a surreal, snow-covered wonderland.
