Paint to show up on camera's
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The paint is going to be applied on the back of livestock to be able to identify them while monitoring over night.
I did have a few Color 4k cam’s as a trial to see the marking’s, but the visible light was not good for the livestock over night.
Wonder if you could find some paint with reflective properties? Like reflective vests are easily visible.
There's definitely paint that will reflect under infrared light the problem is if it is safe to put on an animal.
I wonder could you use reflective tags instead?
I wonder could you use reflective tags instead?
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Good idea
As we were watching our cameras this evening my wife also was wondering if black would work?
mat200
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It's not the color that we normally think of if the paint you are talking IR ..
For example a person can be wearing all black .. but on ir it shows up as 2 different shades of Grey due to the materials in reflective properties
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Mark_M
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If you're trying to identify animals at night with a camera's IR I would do paint patterns instead.
Such as an animal getting a paint pattern of three dots and two vertical lines, another gets the pattern of one dot 1 horizontal line.
It's not going to be as easy to distinguish when the animal is laying down, but it would give some hint in a black & white photo.
Such as an animal getting a paint pattern of three dots and two vertical lines, another gets the pattern of one dot 1 horizontal line.
It's not going to be as easy to distinguish when the animal is laying down, but it would give some hint in a black & white photo.
3M at one time made a paint that contained glass beads for reflective purposes. Perhaps they will have something that will fit your needs.
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CaptainCrunch
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What about reflective clear paint?
Rust-Oleum Specialty 10 oz. Clear Reflective Finish Spray Paint (6-Pack) 214944 - The Home Depot
Apply on the surfaces under direct headlights for nighttime visibility and safety with this Clear Reflective Spray Paint from Rust-Oleum Specialty.
www.homedepot.com
Why do you need to identify each cow?
Do you want to know the total count of cows?
Or you want to make sure each cow is not wounded or something similar?
Do you want to know the total count of cows?
Or you want to make sure each cow is not wounded or something similar?
We have a bunch getting ready to birth. We wake up every 2 hours to monitor.
I‘d like to be able to mark the ones who’s due date is close to quicker identify them during the middle of the night.
You can buy a car license plate (since it easy to read with IR on) and split it into digits.
Each cow gets a digit (assuming you have less than 10).
Maybe you can use velcro to attach it to the cow.
Or something like this:
First cow gets 1 band, second cow 2 bands and so on (or you can place it on different leg for different cows - to minimize the band count).
You can also try drawing digits on the band - using black marker, to see if it's readable.
First cow gets 1 band, second cow 2 bands and so on (or you can place it on different leg for different cows - to minimize the band count).
You can also try drawing digits on the band - using black marker, to see if it's readable.
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CaptainCrunch
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Do your cows have ear tags? You could get some Oralite or 3m or other tape and put it on their tags.
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