Thread: Thermal photos

Just trying out a new thermo monocular,InFiRAY FH35R.Sold a couple of other toys to buy this.Nice bit of kit with a range finder.So far ranged to 600yds,plenty enough for me.Light in weight and easy to operate.Heres a few photos taken with it,not perfect but is the middle of winter,about 8c.Owl.Fallow at about 300yds.Wild cat.Possum.Plane at about 3 to 4 k thru the clouds.Lonely local at about 60yds.Photos not as clear as i see thru thermal.Cold misty air doesnt help.

oh dear...I was hopeing for a few hoppers to compare with the "questional photo" just to see the tail or legs LOL.

Il go for a look after the week end.

Nice mate, I bought a pulsar a few weekends ago, haven’t had it in the Feild yet but….



I thought that was pretty cool

Looks good Stuart,I use to have a helion pulsar yrs ago,good kit.Heres a few more pics.Rock 600 yds away in centreLittle fallow in the distanceMD will recongnize the land scape.Cant wait to get into red country in the spring.

Running the same bit of kit. They're pretty impressive toys but have found it a bit hard to use in the scree/boulder fields as every thing is lit.

Female tokoeka/laser kiwi calling in a mate in the Murchison mountains. 2-5 meters range. Picked her up from 150 meters.

Never seen a kiwi in the wild,its interesting the different wild life we have out there at night.Last summer i watched a wild pig chaseing a yearling deer around for about 30 minuts,stop,starting.Very entertaining.

From 2018 power line job in NSW.

Originally Posted by LA3LOW

Running the same bit of kit. They're pretty impressive toys but have found it a bit hard to use in the scree/boulder fields as every thing is lit.

Female tokoeka/laser kiwi calling in a mate in the Murchison mountains. 2-5 meters range. Picked her up from 150 meters.


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Wow that kiwi picture is amazing. I never had any idea how good the insulation value of those feathers could be! The body show no heat at all. Does anyone know if kiwi actually have low body temperature under the feathers?

Originally Posted by Ben Waimata

Wow that kiwi picture is amazing. I never had any idea how good the insulation value of those feathers could be! The body show no heat at all. Does anyone know if kiwi actually have low body temperature under the feathers?

Same here. Next sleeping bag I get refluffed / lofted Im taking in some Kiwi down instead of Goose

Animals in early spring still have their winter coats on.
Some deer you only see their skull n jaws.Rest of their bodys,just a very dark glow.
Deer antlers stand out a long way on top of bush line.Fill of hot blood thru thin velvet.

I teresting that there are no dazzle white eyes

sheep are the same. a decent clip of wool and they are almost invisible at night, except for a hot frontal skull and close down by the hooves. We could not figure out what this weird animal was, sitting on top of a fencepost. Thought it must be a possum, but looked all wrong. Turned the spotlight on and it was a sheep looking at us over the top of the fencepost. Nothing else of it was visible, so well insulated was its coat.

A couple of times iv seen a couple of rabbits reaching up in the broom or young trees feeding.well bugger me its a young stag feeding under the bushs on grass.Its his small antlers pointing up i see as a couple of rabbits reaching up to feed thru the thermos.Dont see his head in the longish grass.I think what have i had to drink tonight,xtra strong coffee.lols

Originally Posted by XR500

sheep are the same. a decent clip of wool and they are almost invisible at night, except for a hot frontal skull and close down by the hooves. We could not figure out what this weird animal was, sitting on top of a fencepost. Thought it must be a possum, but looked all wrong. Turned the spotlight on and it was a sheep looking at us over the top of the fencepost. Nothing else of it was visible, so well insulated was its coat.

My sheep are wiltshires and even in full fleece have only a thin layer of wool. They stick out like lightbulbs in a thermal. I was surprised how much hotter they register than deer do.