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those artists have been handed a death sentence for their art.
I'm not going to lay claim to any art, but the spirit of my polaroids was always different from my digital or normal film pictures. I've been diving deeper into digital photography, but I'm going to make sure I get some film practice in there--especially infra-red.
I'm going to make sure I get some film practice in there--especially infra-red.
That could be really interesting. I'd love to see what you do with that.
Photos taken in the near-infrared spectrum are so cool....
eta: near-infrared photography info: [link]
Polaroid is trying to find someone to carry on with the instant film tech.
Polaroid has also made a new tech called Zink™ for "zero ink." It uses crystals of the CYMK colors in layers to produce images. The first Zink™ device is one that spits out photographs you send it from a digital printer.
I hve one photo extant from my previous foray into IR. I'll have to check if either of my digital cameras can capture it--I hadn't thought. The google search results look interesting. I'm not fiddling with the hotmirror, though.
I hve one photo extant from my previous foray into IR.
Ooh - that's cool. (Or, you know, warm. and cool.)
eta: What's interesting to me is, the way it's always explained is that we have a visual spectrum, and right next to it we have infrared, which is heat radiation. But actually, we have near-infrared in between the two, and near-infrared is not heat radiation. So it's like we humans have a "blind spot" in the electromagnetic spectrum that nobody talks about. (Of course, the whole rest of the spectrum could be considered a "blind spot.")
Also, can't some animals see ultraviolet light that we can't? I think some animals/insects can see in near-infrared.
My photo teacher had amazing images in infrared. I tried once, but my camera didn't have the red dot thingy that helped with exposing for infrared, and they didn't turn out well.
I hve one photo extant from my previous foray into IR.
That's a pretty amazing photo. I like it.
Also, can't some animals see ultraviolet light that we can't? I think some animals/insects can see in near-infrared.
It's mostly about the energy required to excite the specific chemicals in the photoreceptors in the eye, and what wavelengths of light provide those energy levels. Infrared affects molecules differently than visible and UV light do. Infrared causes bonds to vibrate. UV-vis causes electron promotion. Near infrared is the border between the two. Presumably species that can see further out into the spectrum have slightly different compounds in the eye than humans.
It's always amazed me that the chemicals in the eye human are sufficiently diverse to discern the visible spectrum as a continuum (or something close), rather than there being occasional gaps in the spectrum because the compounds don't have that particular energy level.
engadget tests the $1500 Optimus Maximus keyboard ($1500): [link]