First stab at night vision photo. No aperture control, ISO 3200 1/15sec Yukon NVMT-3 Night vision Monocular with DigiCam adaptor and built in IR Illuminator
Wow - that made quite a difference! Did you use the standard tools in Photoshop? I was not totally happy with the detail I thought I was getting, but you've pushed the capability here quite a bit! I'm going to have to get out and try to find some wildlife to photo, and then have a go as you have suggested! Thanks Margaret! Rat
Saw Janice's critique - interesting info on how you got this shot, although don't understand it all I am 'technically challenged' as well as 'vertically challanged' LOL Very clever to be having a go and working out how to do these things and with a nice result. As for post processing you could perhaps try more blur to make a definite blurry soft image, which might look good as the colour is so lovely, or I had a go at sharpening and a noise reduction filter -see what you think Margaret
Hi Jan. Thanks for your comments. I'm not sure I have the answers as I'm learning too, but this will tell you what we did.... This capture is a collaboration between me and a friend playing at what could be done with a Night Vision Monocular I bought for wildlife watching. I found you could get an adaptor for a Digital Camera, and so decided to give it a try..... The Camera provides exposure information, but there is no aperture control and the focus is manual. So it took a bit of experimentation to get a 'correctly' exposed image. It's a factor of how much IR illumination you have (the monocular has a built in source)and how far you are from the target as the reflected light intensity varies significantly. We found it was necessary to have a high ISO setting (3200 if I recall) and a low shutter speed. This guarantees grain I guess, but I think the bulk of the effect is from the monocular that seems to be grainy by the way it fuctions. This capture is actually hand held, so maybe it could get a bit better with a tripod as the shutter is going at about 1/45 to 1/60 in the case of this capture. Focussing was very difficult as the depth of field of this arrangement is very thin....! (perhaps another reason for a tripod?) I'm only just learning about post processing - I get a lot of comments about cropping! - I'm starting to have a go - so thanks for that. If I get the time, I'll try and do it and re-post....
This looks just like the night vision shots I have seen in some movies - same effect. Did the ISO and everything set itself or is there a particular setting required with your night vision equipment? Just wondered if you could have gotten the same effect with a lower ISO which would have made the shot less grainy - or is this the effect achieved with this equipment? New to photography so these are "I'd like to learn" questions. I might have done a tighter crop on the right - yet leaving enough of the black so it still looks as if the flower is reaching out. Jan
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This looks just like the night vision shots I have seen in some movies - same effect. Did the ISO and everything set itself or is there a particular setting required with your night vision equipment? Just wondered if you could have gotten the same effect with a lower ISO which would have made the shot less grainy - or is this the effect achieved with this equipment? New to photography so these are "I'd like to learn" questions. I might have done a tighter crop on the right - yet leaving enough of the black so it still looks as if the flower is reaching out. Jan