Question: Why the color of Infragram picture is different from what I take with my Raspberry Pi using Picamera API

@cfastie , wondering if you might be around and able to drop some knowledge on this question?

I don't know what your camera's settings were and I don't know how your camera has been modified (does it have a red filter?). I don't know what the Infragram settings were and I don't always understand how Infragram works.

However, the blue photo looks a lot like photos taken by cameras modified to capture NIR (e.g., a Pi NoIR, or camera with the IR cut filter removed) and then modified by adding a red filter that passes only red and NIR. If the white balance settings exaggerate the blue channel (where NIR is captured) then foliage in the photos will have the blue tint as in your blue photo.

The red photo looks like one taken by the same camera without the white balance exaggeration of the blue channel. The red channel will capture more light (for three reasons) and without an artificial white balance setting foliage will look red.

The blue photos can sometimes be used to create NDVI images by using the red channel for red light and the blue channel for NIR light. The red photos generally cannot be used to create meaningful NDVI images unless they are RAW image files apparently because the jpeg processing discards some information.

Chris

Thanks @cfastie . The problem was with the Auto white balance and changing the awb from "auto" to "greyworld" solved the issue.