Can't help with the material choice, but if it is fabric and you ever wash it, use a detegent with no phospor in it. It is kill-dead give away for the militray....
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--- Στις Πέμ., 20/05/10, ο/η Trevor Cunningham <trevor@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> έγραψε:
Από: Trevor Cunningham <trevor@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Θέμα: Re: IR Reflection
Προς: "List for Photo/Imaging Educators - Professionals - Students" <photoforum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Ημερομηνία: Πέμπτη, 20 Μάιος 2010, 14:22
Nevermind...that's a no
Trevor Cunningham wrote:
> Interesting...you think baking powder could be used as a sub?
>
> karl shah-jenner wrote:
>> Trevor Cunningham:
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>>> Hey gang (particularly Andy),
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>>> I'm buying studio gear this summer to begin working with small object and still life images. For my continued IR experiments, I want to find a background material that will minimize the reflection of IR waves giving me a deep space black background. I'm buying black felt as it is, but I'm not convinced it will do the trick with IR. Any thoughts/experience?
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>> water!
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>> but seriously, it's really a case of suck it and see with IR.. I have some black velvet that glows like it was a light *source* when photographing with IR .. each material has its own properties
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>> you might try soaking
some cloth in an alum solution and see how that goes. I understand aside from making it fireproof, it has some IR properties that the military take advantage of regarding night vision and thermal imaging
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>> haven experimented myself, but if you've some film/paper hardener lying about from the darkroom days, it wouldn't be a big thing to try
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>> karl
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