UV pics of your camo?

[John Y Cannuck]

Me on the ATV. My bibs are Ok, but the uppers look white. They have been sprayed with UV killer, or they'd likely be brighter. I'm dragging a doe BTW.

 

[Suther]

Hmmm. Never thought to use a trail cam at night to test this. Good idea. Thanks for sharing!

 

[Declared Bishop]

Hmmm. Never thought to use a trail cam at night to test this. Good idea. Thanks for sharing!

Right? I know what I am going to do tonight with my UA camo!

 

[John Y Cannuck]

In the pic, I have on Black insulated coveralls with a camo shell bib over them, and a camo hood/face cover.

So, even BLACK is white on infa red.

 

[Runningfool]

I've noticed the same when I've been in front of my trail cams at night. I don't read too much into this though - trail cams flash targets with IR light so even deer often appear "white". Spraying clothes with UV killer might not have an effect on IR camera flash and sensors. AFAIK, most trail cams these days capture IR light, not UV light so the above image might be an IR pic of camo, not a UV pic?

 

[Suther]

I've noticed the same when I've been in front of my trail cams at night. I don't read too much into this though - trail cams flash targets with IR light so even deer often appear "white". Spraying clothes with UV killer might not have an effect on IR camera flash and sensors. AFAIK, most trail cams these days capture IR light, not UV light so the above image might be an IR pic of camo, not a UV pic?

That is a good point. Its likely Infrared, not UV. Opposite ends of the visible light spectrum.

But then that begs the question, do deer see into the IR frequencies? My guess would be no, they don't have the cones that detect reds, so it would seem reasonable that they also don't have any ability to see past the reds either.

 

[Jimbobob08]

edit to add

That is a good point. Its likely Infrared, not UV. Opposite ends of the visible light spectrum.

But then that begs the question, do deer see into the IR frequencies? My guess would be no, they don't have the cones that detect reds, so it would seem reasonable that they also don't have any ability to see past the reds either.

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[Lyallpeder]

Your top doesn’t look that much brighter than the trees behind you.

I wouldn’t be worried.

 

[Daver_II]

If you are testing this, you should check outside the flash range of you camera.

 

[Canuck65]

Me on the ATV. My bibs are Ok, but the uppers look white. They have been sprayed with UV killer, or they'd likely be brighter. I'm dragging a doe BTW.

I'm pretty sure cameras use infrared. Respectfully, I don't believe your spray will make much of a difference for the camera (for the deer it might). UV and IR are not close on the spectrum.

 

[John Y Cannuck]

Correct, however usually a check with black light will show the same results, if brighteners are present in the fabric.