From: slapsomeone

2006-05-08 03:24 am (UTC)





I want to build devices! However, I think I'll settle for staging fight night with toys in my back yard and That is unbelievably awesome. Barb says that you are the geekiest geek who ever geeked a geek.I want to build devices! However, I think I'll settle for staging fight night with toys in my back yard and taking pictures . Would have been cooler with infrared. From: ladypajama

2006-05-08 03:27 am (UTC)

wow!

You really went to the extreme to prove that fella wrong.

How many hours did you spend on your proof?



I would have just told him he was dumb.



I am glad you aren't me. From: kalimdor_wilson

2006-05-08 04:36 am (UTC)

Not long. And it was fun! From: thelucyfurr

2006-05-08 03:35 am (UTC)

You are the funniest in the land.





Except I bet you totally faked this with photoshop. Just like the moon landings.





*also, three cheers for fuzzy science buddy* From: seanmeister

2006-05-08 03:37 am (UTC)

Best. Smackdown. EVAR! three w00ts and a huzzah to you sir - you rock! From: ivorjawa

2006-05-08 03:50 am (UTC)

"Science Coffee"



BWAHAHAHA From: aerolyn1

2006-05-08 04:51 am (UTC)

HAHAHAHAHHAAAAAA!!! I love my geeky friends - it's good to know that I'm not alone... ;) From: ex_agentcoo

2006-05-08 07:41 am (UTC)

Oh my God. You're totally awesome.



Science!



I can't quite tell who your science buddy is; is that Beau?

From: kalimdor_wilson

2006-05-08 07:46 am (UTC)

Of course! From: alt255

2006-05-08 09:08 am (UTC)

Ir with canon slr's is easy. My roomate just got a tiffen IR filter

and by setting the exposure really long and using a tripod he has been getting great shots.



Note: for a really interesting effect take a picture of something green like grass without the IR filter then use the green photo for a custom white balance then shoot your IR, it's really really odd.



From: kalimdor_wilson

2006-05-08 05:59 pm (UTC)

Re: Ir with canon slr's is easy. Ooo! I will try this! From: (Anonymous)

2006-05-09 07:21 pm (UTC)

Re: Ir with canon slr's is easy. Ok, i checked with my roomate he says you should take the photo of grass with the ir filter on THEN white balance to the grass, so i was a litttle bit wrong about the steps needed. From: alt255

2006-05-09 07:22 pm (UTC)

Re: Ir with canon slr's is easy. oh that was me again From: (Anonymous)

2006-05-09 07:23 pm (UTC)

Re: Ir with canon slr's is easy. Turns out his filter is a hoya R72, I need to get my facts straight next time. From: alt255

2006-05-09 07:34 pm (UTC)

Re: Ir with canon slr's is easy. On another related note, IR images are brighter as raw(CR2) files than as JPG. From: kalimdor_wilson

2006-05-09 08:59 pm (UTC)

Re: Ir with canon slr's is easy. I started shooting RAW a few weeks ago and will never be going back to JPEG. :) From: (Anonymous)

2006-05-08 03:05 pm (UTC)

Remote control I am never one to complain about some soldering, but would a normal remote control not have done the same job?



I assume that it is so dark because the IR filter inside the camera is doing it job just not very well! From: kalimdor_wilson

2006-05-08 04:41 pm (UTC)

Re: Remote control A normal remote is too dim to be imaged by my camera in a reasonable amount of time. From: pirat_ponton

2006-05-08 03:12 pm (UTC)

I usually don't comment much but I just want to tell you that I enjoy most (if not all) of your pics, that infrared one you refer to in this post was particularly striking, and this explanation-post is particulary entertaining!



thanks for sharing your art



keep on keepin' on From: (Anonymous)

2006-05-08 04:20 pm (UTC)

youre stupid Cool that you were right. Not cool that you are such a loser that you made proving some dude on the internet that he was wrong in to a mission. i wouldnt have spent a dime on that guy. i hope to God that you had all that stuff lying around and that the entire thing took no more than 5 minutes. Any more time spent on him indicates you are a monster dork. you are a loser. you could have also told him to point his remote control for the t.v. in to a regular video camera. that would have only cost you time spent typing. you sure a dumb smart guy. From: kalimdor_wilson

2006-05-08 04:40 pm (UTC)

Re: youre stupid Yeah, how dare I have fun on a Sunday with a friend playing with infrared light and electronics and photography and drinking coffee, all for a few bucks! How awful! Why, I'm such a stupid loser!



*blink*



I've been a monster dork since at least the 3rd grade. This isn't news. I prefer the term "geek", but you may call me a "dork" if that's the vernacular you prefer. From: tungsten

2006-05-08 06:02 pm (UTC)

Re: youre stupid a) stupid is the wrong term.

b) dork means penis, like an anonymous poster

c) the correct derogatory term for a smart person is nerd

d) the correct term for someone who takes their smarts and overspecializes in something is geek

e) proving somebody wrong doesn't makes someone a loser. Buy a dictionary loser.

f) of course they were overcomplicated in proving their point, did you see the cofee maker?

g) I am and will remain unappolagetic about my listing From: (Anonymous)

2006-05-08 07:11 pm (UTC)

Re: youre stupid Words would have done just fine to convince someone who is not as close minded as yourself or the person arguing with kalimdor originally. However, when dealing with the sort of ilk that needs his IR photography to be the only kind on the internet, I think perhaps a picture is worth quite a bit more than a thousand words. Even if it didn't quite work in this case. From: (Anonymous)

2006-05-08 07:19 pm (UTC)

Remote Control with my Canon My Canon picks up IR from my TV remote control -- just hold a button down and the light at the tip is picked up as purplish. Also works for fires in a fireplace -- a lot more light (again purplish) is picked up than is visible to the eye.



From: kalimdor_wilson

2006-05-08 08:07 pm (UTC)

Re: Remote Control with my Canon I'll be darned! Cool! From: toadpipe

2006-05-08 10:24 pm (UTC)

Next time though, give me a ring and you guys can use one of my breadboards. It'll save you a little cash and needs no soldering. From: kalimdor_wilson

2006-05-09 12:55 am (UTC)

Ah, but soldering was half the fun! From: (Anonymous)

2006-10-29 12:55 pm (UTC)

? i am not a geek, and i have no idea what you are on about but atleast its better than some other people who talk gobbledegook, but do you have any info on resistors thats easy to understand cos i need some info for woodwork, if you have any thanx if you dont have any :( ... so CYA