Infrared Image - What is it?

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Permalink Reply by John Snell on December 12, 2010 at 9:08am

Here is a fun image I took recently as part of my collection of "low-emissivity" buildings...

Thermally yours!

John Snell

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Permalink Reply by Michael Stuart on December 16, 2010 at 8:44pm

Hmmmm... perhaps a corrugated tin or copper roof with a decorative railing around it?   The High-Contrast palette really makes it difficult to interpret and place this image.   How about a hint or a palette change for us?

Permalink Reply by John Snell on December 17, 2010 at 3:23am

Corrugated and galvanized metal siding on a building with a handicap ramp and railing in front. Interesting ot me is the moire pattern created at this angle of view.

Permalink Reply by Michael Stuart on December 17, 2010 at 8:20am

I was close in materials at least!  ;-)     Part of the pattern may be directly related to the palette presentation.  I have found that because of the  "unnatural" color juxtapositions in the High-Contrast color palette, there can often be odd patterns that occur when diagonal angles are present.   High-Contrast color palettes, in general, just don't "blend" colors like some other choices. They can also appear to be more susceptible to "noise".  This makes them really pull out details, but sometimes at the expense of smoothness or ease of interpretation.   Definitely an interesting image nontheless!

Permalink Reply by Davide Lanzoni on January 14, 2012 at 9:29am

really great image, i think very good for courses.

i'd like to get, as said in the starting post, the visual image !

John, do you have a visual of your image too ?

Permalink Reply by Dale Sherman on April 26, 2012 at 7:49am

Some kind of cast manifold with a cooling liquid in the lower half.