Digital infra-red photography for recording painted rock art

Here is a new application of infra-red photography with a digital camera to record rock art. The need to make full and accurate records of the images, without touching (and thus degrading) the rock, requires a method of remote mapping. Trials with digital IR reported here are very promising and especially useful for painted rock art

Archaeology · Art · Color photography · Computer graphics (images) · Digital photography · Geography · Photography · Remote sensing · Rock art · Visual arts · 3D Surveying and Cultural Heritage · Archaeological Research and Protection · Archaeology and Rock Art Studies · Computer Science · Geology

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