Slightly different to your normal photographs :D

Chanc3 · 13 Nov 2012 at 10:42

Well, since I have access to some great IR cameras as part of my job, I thought I'd snap an IR pic of our company's mascot.

OcUK, meet Max the lab:

Not sure if anyone knows much about IR imaging or the equipment used to take photos, but basically, we're limited to a tiny res of 640x480, as essentially, each pixel is a tiny thermometer. Newer cameras are now on the market with a res of 1024x768, which we're looking to buy one, but at £40k a pop, its not cheap! - our current camera cost us £26k!

We are one of the only IR companies in the UK (if not the only) that produces images of this quality like this:

^ Bonus rep if you can tell me what building this is. This is actually a composition of many images, that were stitched together by hand and using a program.

More photos here:

http://iredltd.co.uk

EDIT: Just seen the post on watermarks etc. I am in no way trying to advertise the company, I just thought people would like to see a different perspective to photography. If this is not OK, then please could a mod let me know and I'll just link to photos without watermarks/links to the gallery.

sid · 13 Nov 2012 at 12:42

Would be interesting to shoot everyday objects with this actually.

Think like Oven or heat haze over toaster...some cold breeze out of the fridge as you open the door.

The images don't really play into capabilities of the camera tbh. They just look like false colour images :/

Chanc3 · 13 Nov 2012 at 12:50

Since you mentioned that, here are a few in context:

The first and last image are actually what all the photos first look like. We then remove the overlay with some software and stitch them together.

As for the breeze out of the fridge, you wouldn't actually we able to see this with our longwave IR camera, perhaps a shortwave though. There are many different palettes that can be used, although we tend to stick with rainbow for building and ironbow for electrical.

sid · 13 Nov 2012 at 12:55

That is epic. What about steam out of the top of a kettle? Did you try that?

Chanc3 · 13 Nov 2012 at 12:58

Steam might be easier to see as it's still a visible liquid, but most gases require a cooled sensor to see them. In fact, I'll see if I can dig one up of a bucket of hot water, so you can actually see convection! If not, I'll go take one shortly.

alexthecheese · 13 Nov 2012 at 13:04

sid said:
The images don't really play into capabilities of the camera tbh. They just look like false colour images :/

Really? You can't be looking at the detail. Can't you see the heat leaking from the windows, the freezing cold roof, the water? Pretty interesting to me! Shows how much energy offices waste. And how cold dog's noses are.

Rojin · 13 Nov 2012 at 13:05

Interesting, thanks for sharing

Chanc3 · 13 Nov 2012 at 13:12

I won't share the photos we did for a Channel 5 program regarding porno.

King Damager · 13 Nov 2012 at 13:22

That building looks a lot like the Loughborough library...

kd

Chanc3 · 13 Nov 2012 at 13:35

Not quite! It's in Surrey

Ian_Eb · 13 Nov 2012 at 13:48

National Archives? http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/

mrk · 13 Nov 2012 at 14:49

That's quite hot! Can you see through house walls with it?

¬_¬ What!

Devrij · 13 Nov 2012 at 15:18

That's very cool. The potential awesomeness is there. And pics in trust for the prono doc please

SourChipmunk · 19 Nov 2012 at 14:15

alexthecheese said:
Can't you see the heat leaking from the windows, the freezing cold roof, the water? Pretty interesting to me! Shows how much energy offices waste. And how cold dog's noses are.

Those were my first two thoughts looking at the pics, and I was looking for the temp/colour scale on the pics. Being as how the front of the building changes colour between the two pictures, that scale would really bring it into perspective.

Cold nose = the doggy is healthy.