NIR photography exhilarates me as I attempt to visualize the way my dedicated NIR camera captures the light of the red spectrum beyond that available to the human eye. The brightness of chlorophyll-laden plant life and the darkness of a clear blue sky make beautiful and unusual contrasts that are a combination of the familiar and the unknown. My successful infrared images are often composed differently than my color photographs and some include man-made elements in conjunction with the natural world. The last 5 images are of kelp and sea grass. These were taken looking down and through the water. The graceful motion shows the movement of the plants with the currents and waves.