Poll of the Day > Is it possible to capture a picture at night with an IR filter? lets see.

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This is merely a science issue. A photographer more experienced then me could have a factual answer. If you know the answer, keep quiet. Trial by fire learning!

Equipment: Nikon d3100, Hoya R27 IR filter.

I have favorable conditions set here with f7.1 with a 400ISO. I figure with how long my exposure is this wont make a difference.

Barring some mechanical issue iself I'm shooting for one hour and 30 minutes. I have a hammer propped on the shutter in bulb mode, so if that doesnt fall, we will see.

When you take a photo with my camera with the Hoya R72 IR filter, you get stuff that look like this in daylight:

https://imgur.com/THBPO3g
https://imgur.com/9dlrtJT

Those two daytime shots had exposures of 10 and 30 seconds. a more regular shutter speed of under a second generally doesnt produce. One night I tried ten minutes and I got nothing.

It sure would help me to understand the general mechanics of infrared light other than, like, remote controls, but after this experiment that will be my next step.

What do ya'll think is going to happen? I think NOTHING will happen, but I have roughly an hour to go, so we'll see.

And the results are in......No!

https://imgur.com/SoxepgS