Re: Reflector for infrared photography?

jbk wrote:
> We have a digital camera that takes IR photos of animals at night when
> they come by and trigger a sensor. The camera is IR sensitive and we
> have a separate IR light that lights up the scene. We'd like to
> improve the lighting by bouncing the IR light off a reflector, instead
> of directly lighting the subject. Do visible-light reflectors sold in
> camera shops reflect IR light? If not, what does?
> 
> Thanks.

You could try baking foil.  That should pretty effectively reflect IR. 
If you crumple it up and spread it out you should also get a pretty 
evenly diffused 'light' off it.  You might even be able to paint the 
surface dark so as not to spook the animals with a big shiny thing. 
Cheap to try out, so give it a go.

I am just speculating about how effective this will be but it should work.

jon