It’s interesting that you mention ‘projected light/shadow pattern in vegetation. That area is a wetland or somewhat swampy area with lots of vegetation. The neighbors did not think a real deer would go back there. Thus the idea of an image projecting thru the vegetation seemed interesting. Especially since the red deer does appear to have vegetation on its body.

The question then is, where is the projection coming from? There are solar lights behind the shed that might assist with the projection? The buck is clearly in front bc it blocks out the doe’s legs.

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Yes, that does make a lot of sense. We will have to see what the neighbor finds when they look at their memory card images. Thx

That is possible bc the image of the buck overlaps the legs of the doe.

It just seems too big for a doe compared to a buck, when the doe is further behind the buck? She should be smaller?

The simplest answer is generally the correct one. Just don’t know if we’ll ever know for sure. We’re asking the neighbor to look at the memory card images. Thx!

Yes, I am asking them to research the previous photos on their card. Thx!

Now that is very interesting! The after image idea. I will convey this to my friend and see what their neighbor finds in previous photos. I doubt a red one but maybe a doe pointed in that direction. I do agree with the idea that the red focus light on the field cam is the source of the red color.

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Thanks! I think I agree with you as it is the most plausible explanation. I think the other items mentioned just muddy the waters. The simplest explanation is generally the correct one.

Yes, I was wondering if the red focus assist light might be the culprit. For some reason they are believe the doe was not there. One neighbor wondered if the sculpture of the moose was somehow involved, but it looks like a deer to me and not a moose.

Could the deer have been located somewhere else and not behind the buck? Might it have been reflected from somewhere else, and thus appears behind the buck. The doe seems to be too big in relation to the buck for it just to be there and behind it.

They are positive that it wasn’t there.

So, a neighbor of a friend, captured a photo of a buck in their backyard with a field camera. What’s strange is the red deer projected behind the buck. It really wasn’t there, but where did it come from? Where did the red coloring in the photo come from? Something to do with field cam lighting to focus?

More info:
The field cam was about 12 feet from the buck.
There’s a small storage garage about 13-14 feet to the right of the buck.
Where the red deer is projected is wetlands.
My friend’s shed is about 15 feet to the left of the buck.
They have solar lights on the other side (backside?) of the shed.
Also on the other side of the shed is a huge wooden Moose sculpture.

At first I thought it had something to do with a reflection or mirrored effect and thought the red light must be from the field cam. However, I wonder about the influence of the wetlands, the solar lights and the Moose sculpture. I know the quality if the field cam photo isn’t very good. I can see the red deer but not the big moose head. Any help figuring out how this photo might have occurred would be appreciated.
When she looks to the left of the red deer, there appears to be the head of the moose but way out of proportion.

Love 1 and 3. Very nice!

Thx John, I’ll have to look through things. I also had a camera converted by Lifepixel with the Enhanced Color Filter (665). I haven’t tried any processing yet. Have access to Lightroom and Photoshop but not Nikon NXStudio. Will have to look into that as needed. Thx again for the tips!

I, for one, love them all! The more colorful the better. I so want to be able to create photos like these. Any tips that you can offer a newbie to IR?

Is the R7 still available?

Hopefully they just need to update the App a bit to run on the latest iOS. We can keep checking back in hopes it’ll reappear.

I just went to the App Store and Paintcan is no longer available for iPhones.