Slightly different to your normal photographs :D

[Chanc3]

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.

 

[Chanc3]

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.

 

[Chanc3]

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.

 

[Chanc3]

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

 

[Chanc3]

Not quite! It's in Surrey