iceland-thermal
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thermal photography
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I shot high-res stitched panoramas in Iceland using a thermal camera
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15 positive, 7 neutral or asking, 1 mixed, 2 critical, out of 25 comments about the project. Thread score +0.44.
Idea: 5 for, 1 againstDesign: 5 for, 0 againstExecution: 3 for, 1 against
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What people liked
Images are beautiful, eerie and striking
From 3 comments
Beautiful. Eerie. Great work. Thank you for sharing. Your images look almost like they came out of James Cameron's vivid imagination. If you had told me these were…
cs702 on HNLove the beautifully haunting perspective.
brianjunyinchan on HNReally amazing photos.
ahmadhamza19 on HN
Thermal plus visible blend is a clever idea
From 2 comments
Cunning. He took panoramas with thermal camera and simultaneous black and white photos and coloured the b&w photos with the data from the thermal camera. Interesting examples of…
gandalfian on HNThat's sick! Brilliant and creative idea. Those shots look beautiful.
deadw3ight on HN
Objections
Images are not really thermal images since visible light is blended in
From 1 comment
I have done a lot of work with high resolution thermal imagers and never seen any images that look like these so I was curious what was going on. >I also simultaneously shot a…
osamagirl69 on HN
Thermal camera resolution is low and expensive
From 2 comments
If only the cost of thermal imagers could come down and be more affordable, more people might be interested!
supernova87a on HNI bought one on eBay a few years ago for about £300, but it sucked so I got rid of it. It used a traditional camera to draw most of the image (itself already quite low-res), and…
jstanley on HN
Questions
Why thermal camera resolution lags visible cameras
From 1 comment
Why are Thermal cameras lagging in resolution? Visible wavelength cameras can be had upwards of 50MP for $5k.
systemvoltage on HN
Alternatives named
FLIR thermal/visible blended images
From 1 comment
Cunning. He took panoramas with thermal camera and simultaneous black and white photos and coloured the b&w photos with the data from the thermal camera. Interesting examples of…
gandalfian on HN
Therm-App Pro thermal camera
From 1 comment
I'm curious what kind of thermal camera he's using. I bought a Therm-App Pro 640x480 a while back and it's quite good - and reasonably priced compared to Flir - along with a…
mmaunder on HN