There is an addon FLIR heat-vision gadget you can get for iPhones: hmm, there
are several:
https://www.iskysoft.com/article/iphone-6s-infrared-camera.html
the one I've heard talk about recently is this one:
https://www.wired.com/2014/08/a-review-of-the-iphone-infrared-camera-the-flir-one/
These are relatively cheap, but they don't have many pixels. Note that I did
not see the screws conducting heat in my shots until I was near enough. They
look like they put a lot of strain on the phone's connector. I looked into the
field next to our house and could not see the horses with Jack's camera - too
few pixels to make them out.
The night vision camera Alla mentioned,
https://www.coditech.co.uk/swann---hd-120-megapixel-daynight-portable-outback-security-camera-1829-p.asp
looks much better for night photography of wildlife, and I've bookmarked it for
further examination - thanks Alla 8) ; but note how it has several million
pixels. It's a different technology, which can see near infrared but not into
the far infrared which is where heat emissions are.
The military unit Eric tried out might be a high definition deep-IR heat
sensing one one or it may be more like Alla's; cost isn't a constraint in
military kit.
Paul
-------- Original Message --------
Subject: [oxnatbees] Re: Pollen grains on a bees eye. Photo comp winner.
Local Time: 27 November 2017 3:23 PM
UTC Time: 27 November 2017 15:23
From: ericasher@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
To: oxnatbees@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
oxnatbees-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx, Ann Welch <dmarc-noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Now how did I know this was Ann?
Am hunting and hinting for onexample as well.
Eric
On 27-11-2017 12:49, Ann Welch wrote:
What a great pic Paul. I want one !!!!! Aren't your girlies industrious !
Who needs wind power when we have bees ! What camera was it Jack?
I'd love some night vision binoculars or even better a camera, it would be
great to see what's running around in the undergrowth in the dark. My
daughter in law is in the Navy and a little while ago she brought home some
night vision binoculars (she'd checked them out of stores for an early
exercise the following morning so nothing dodgy going on) ! We took them to
the lane by their house where it was reallllly dark and I was just so amazed
at what we could see ! Especially, we could clearly see the stars through
thick cloud ! Wow ! Don't think Father Christmas would stretch to one of
those though, I believe they cost a fair bit !!! Oh well if I wish hard
enough eh ha ha.
Ann
From: Paul Honigmann (Redacted sender "paul.honigmann" for DMARC)
Sent: Sunday, November 26, 2017 1:54 PM
To: oxnatbees@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [oxnatbees] Re: Pollen grains on a bees eye. Photo comp winner.
Outstanding picture. Admired by entire family here. One said "so bees have
eyelashes too!" (referring to the hairs on their eyes.)
I attach a photo made with the FLIR camera Jack borrowed. It shows the
heat-glow from a cluster in a Warre hive on, I think, Friday night; ambient
temperature was 2C that night. If you look closely round the window you can
see warm dots, these are metal screws. I didn't notice those initially
because the camera hasn't got many pixels' resolution, so unless you are
near the hive it doesn't show that level of detail - which is the opposite
of the spectacular photo Ann has circulated. At some point I shall do a blog
post on this and the other hive types I FLIR-photographed, but first there
are the pub meeting notes to write up 8)
Paul
-------- Original Message --------
Subject: [oxnatbees] Pollen grains on a bees eye. Photo comp winner.
Local Time: 25 November 2017 12:02 PM
UTC Time: 25 November 2017 12:02
From: dmarc-noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
To: oxnatbees@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Came across this fab photo from a 2015 photography competition, Pollen on a
bees eye, (it won by the way). Thought you might like to see it.
Ann (smiley face) lol.
