Infrared Video Channel Idea - Let me know what you think

[ugleee]

Hey guys, so one of my ideas was to put up a channel that has videos of anything and everything but shot in infrared.  That includes places, events, cool things that might look different, etc.  Here is an example.  I know these types of drives have been done to death, but it's a little different in infrared (there are a few infrared drive videos on YT already, a couple of them were pretty interesting).  The quality sucks mostly because I didn't record it on a high quality setting (accident) and it's not on YT because I'm redo the drive and add an original soundtrack (tubular bells will do for now though).  Let me know if you think the channel will work (I'll probably invest in better video equipment if I want to take it seriously.  I think there is an HD camcorder with night shot I saw somewhere).

Sorry about the shaky camera work, I was holding it down with my hand lol.  Video taken at the end of August.

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[ervans]

I enjoyed watching it. I think it could work out good.

[ugleee]

I enjoyed watching it. I think it could work out good.

Thanks Ervans.  I was considering what the format of video for the channel should be and I think I'll have two video side by side to start and then have the IR clip push the color clip out of frame and continue from there (so people can see the difference.

I'll post in the forum when I have the finished product.

[Tman]

that is a cool idea. You could also do Black Light . build a " ring light " out of UV LEDs .... put your camera in the middle ... and record, you could also do it with IR LEDs.

just an idea

[taofledermaus]

That's pretty cool!   If I can make ONE suggestion though,  is perhaps put a few seconds of footage without the UV so people can appreciate the imagery they are seeing.    I can say that because I have a lot of high speed footage posted and people do not understand how slow the camera footage is without putting some real time footage in the video.    For example,   I have an airsoft video I posted a while back and everyone says I am a terrible shot in the comments.   They don't realize that the video is 20X  slower than real time so it looks super easy,  like if they watched a Nascar crash in slow motion and think the driver could have just stepped out of the car to avoid getting hurt!   

What else can the UV camera capture?   Can it see through fog?

[ugleee]

That's pretty cool!   If I can make ONE suggestion though,  is perhaps put a few seconds of footage without the UV so people can appreciate the imagery they are seeing....

...What else can the UV camera capture?   Can it see through fog?

Hey, thanks, and I'm way ahead of you with that idea  lol (check two comments up response to Ervans about having a side by side or something like that), but yeah, I completely think that's the way I'm gonna go.  It's IR by the way, not UV (I'm not really familiar with UV or what that would look like to be honest), and the results with fog I had good results one time and not so good another (maybe it depends on the thickness of the fog and how the water droplets inhibit the penetration of IR light).  It doesn't penetrate clouds, so maybe density plays a major part.

I'm still trying to figure out the most cost effective way to get better video without spending $1000 on an HD camcorder that has nightision.  I'm going to go out one of these days and film the nearby nuclear power plant and the water vapor that rises from it in a cloud.  Should be interesting to see how it shows up.

[ugleee]

that is a cool idea. You could also do Black Light . build a " ring light " out of UV LEDs .... put your camera in the middle ... and record, you could also do it with IR LEDs.

just an idea

Thanks Tman, yeah, I don't know a lot about UV light and how that looks on film.  I'll look into it though.  I know that IR produces real cool surreal type effects, so that will be my primary focus of the channel.