Month: July 2014

For years I have been wanting to destroy a perfectly good brand new camera to modify it to shoot in full spectrum.  To shoot in “Full Spectrum” means that I needed to modify the camera to remove the internal filters that removed the Infrared (IR) and Ultra Violet (UV) filters.  Then I need to put new filters on the camera lens to block out all the light except IR or UV.  Thus, no visible light is able to pass through the camera and only the IR or UV light waves will touch the sensor.

Below is some of the test images from Devils Tower in Wyoming and the Black Hills in South Dakota.  
To help give some perspective on the work of the new project, the first image is a side by side with the color still in the image on the left and the gray-scale on the right. All of the green vegetation shows up as white due to the IR wave reflecting off the plants.

The images below are from Devils Tower, WY.  All shot in IR in the evening.

The following images were shot in IR in the Black Hills and Badlands of South Dakota.

The last two images are from the Badlands in western South Dakota.

Unseasonably cold weather blankets the Midwest today with lunch time temps in the Twin Cities only in the Upper 50s with highs in the lower 60s for the day.  It feels more like an Early October day then the middle of July.

Footage shot around Lake Calhoun and Lake Harriet in Minneapolis, MN.

Clip 1 Skyline shot over the water from Lake Calhoun

Clip 2 Bank thermometer showing at 11am it was only 55F outside

Clip 3 Group of women walking around Lake Calhoun and one is adjusting her sweater while another is wearing a jacket and a scarf in the chilly temps.

Clip 4 Woman walking her dog and looking really chilly

Clip 5 Two women waling to their car and walk in front of a Detour Ahead sign while looking chilly

Clip 6 – 7 The south beach of Lake Calhoun which would normally be packed this time of day in the middle of July, is totally empty.

Clip 8 Man riding a bike towards the camera.

Clip 9 People on roller blades looking chilly

Clip 10 Man on a bike wearing long sleeves

Clip 11 Woman walking her dogs looking cold

Clip 12 Two women walking looking cold

Clip 13 Woman walking in the rose garden at Lake Harriett with a fleece coat on.

Clip 14 Woman with her kids taking photos in the rose garden.  Everyone’s wearing a coat.

Clip 15 Man with his dog in the rose garden and a woman takes his photo. 

Clip 16 A sign in the road garden saying Count Only The Sunny Days

Clip 17 Fountain in the park with clouds rolling by

Clip 18 Man walking towards the camera with a coat on

Clip 19 Two women in the rose garden checking out the flowers but wearing coats to stay warm.

Clip 20 Couple walking towards the camera.

Clip 21 To women walking towards the camera.

Clip 22 Man walking towards the camera.

Clip 23 To women roller rollerblading towards the camera.

Clip 24 Woman in all black walking toward the camera.

I finally did it, I took a perfectly good brand new HDSLR camera and hacked it for use in the full spectrum photography.  I’m been wanting to do this for a while now and now to document storms in the Near Infrared and Ultra Violet light.

Here is the test video I shot in eastern Colorado before returning home for a family emergency.   The lightning is a lot more visible in the daylight in the Infrared with the storm then it was to the naked eye.