I am using mica toolbox to try and quantify the camouflage of a little native Australian bird in its native habitat from the perspective of a native predator (likely bird with tetra chromatic vision) and an invasive predator (ie. fox or cat). Through using a full spectrum camera we established that there isn’t anywhere on their body that reflects in the UV. This meant that we could use a visible light camera to get pictures of them in their natural habitat.
As I used a Canon R7 (which isn’t already listed in mica toolbox), I photographed and measured an x-rite colour chart so that I could generate a cone mapping model from a chart. I would like to generate this model for both the blue tit bird and a domestic dog. Creating the model for the blue tit was easy as there is a blue tit LMS 400 – 700 option, however, for the domestic dog it is only 300-700 which means I get an error when I try and use the XRite Passport 400-700 chart reflectance spectra. Is there an easy work around in this situation, alternatively, is it possible to load the domestic dog spectral sensitivities without the uv? Thanks so much
Hi,
Yes, truncate the spectral sensitivity data of the dog spectral sensitivity and save it as a new file. Then, retrain a cone mapping function using the 400-700nm light spectra, etc.
Cheers,
Cedric