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Thorsten "Ned, thanks! Confusion is good in most cases! :-) I think I'll give it a try and report. For such a setup do you propose the filters you used (bl..." | Read more » about 11 years ago
nedhorning "Hi Thorsten, Sorry for the confusion. Some of the non-linearity between the response of the red and blue filter should be explained in the post I d..." | Read more » about 11 years ago
Thorsten "Dear Ned et al., I am pretty new to all this and on my way to convert my camera for NDVI mapping. After reading this post I am little confused: bl..." | Read more » about 11 years ago
mathew "You and Ned are doing a great job of fleshing out this red vs. blue NDVI issue. thanks. its interesting to me that you can get such clear results..." | Read more » about 11 years ago
mathew "I love these, Chris. makes me want to process some of my passenger-pigeon shots. " | Read more » about 11 years ago
warren "Amazing! You should rectify the concentrator photo and contact them... i bet they don't have as up to date an image as you took! " | Read more » about 11 years ago
nedhorning "One drawback of using the red filter is that the red part of the bayer filter passes more NIR than the blue or green parts. I'm looking into ways t..." | Read more » about 11 years ago
patcoyle "Interesting work. Thanks Ned. " | Read more » about 11 years ago
warren "Wow, this is an exciting development. I had wondered about using red instead of blue, but your results are compelling. I also wonder if this would ..." | Read more » about 11 years ago
funkycbj "You want to capture enough spectral variation between different surface features. If you only have 2 bands but have several classes then you may ge..." | Read more » about 11 years ago
nedhorning "I'm curious why you need at least 3 bands for automated classification. I don't have a specific classification task in mind. In general I'm working..." | Read more » about 11 years ago
funkycbj "If you take pictures at higher angles (more perpendicular and less oblique) you may achieve a more Lambertian response. Dealing more directly with ..." | Read more » about 11 years ago
nedhorning "That's a good observation. The hotspot in these test images would tend to be toward the bottom around the shadow from Chris' head since that's wher..." | Read more » about 11 years ago
funkycbj "I noticed that you are capturing your test images from an oblique angle. Bidirectional reflectance at that angle may be creating "hot spots" in you..." | Read more » about 11 years ago
nedhorning "If it's sunny tomorrow I'll be out with the wood, tar paper and other things. With a little luck I'll have a research note before the end of the we..." | Read more » about 11 years ago
cfastie "That's a much better filter for the job: It would be great to try some before all the greenery disappears. " | Read more » about 11 years ago
nedhorning "I got a 3" x 3" Wratten 25A gel filter on ebay for $10. There's a lot left over if you want to try it. " | Read more » about 11 years ago
cfastie "Oh yeah, I forgot I actually measured that, and you're right a little more NIR gets into the blue channel (I used a 735nm cutoff filter). I need to..." | Read more » about 11 years ago
nedhorning "Chris - It's interesting that you find that the Canon Powershots don't record much NIR in the blue channel. I found just the opposite - that the bl..." | Read more » about 11 years ago
cfastie "I am confused about the idea of using a red filter instead of blue in a one camera NDVI system. Is the idea to use the red channel for visible ligh..." | Read more » about 11 years ago
nedhorning "Thanks for your comments. I am rethinking the idea that a blue filter is sensitive to chlorophyll absorption. Blue wavelengths have similar reflect..." | Read more » about 11 years ago
funkycbj "A blue filter should be an acceptable alternative to a red filter when measuring vegetation if the spectral response of the blue filter is sensitiv..." | Read more » about 11 years ago
patcoyle "What fun Chris. Great imagery! " | Read more » about 11 years ago
cfastie "That's a cool idea. I'm sure somewhere in the gradient from near to far the NDVI in these images is correct. " | Read more » about 11 years ago