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over the gear. Object side of the TDP is placed facing
the gear.
Put the camera in your Tripod or copy stand.
Set the camera’s exposure time to 5 seconds.
Position the camera over the TDP (see Figure 3). Ad-
just the view through the camera to only show the
object under the TDP. If an auto
-
focus camera is be-
ing used, turn off the auto focus mode and set the
camera for manual focus operation.
Manually focus the camera on the object with the room lights on. After the camera is fo-
cused, shut off all the room lights. Use a flashlight to navigate around the room, if necessary.
Open the shutter release of the camera and turn on the high voltage power supply. Keep the
hv power supply on for the full length of the exposure you are
making (5 seconds). After the exposure has been made, turn off
the hv power supply. Turn on the room lights
You can view the image and adjust the exposure time up or down.
The same technique described here for taking stills may also be
used to film real time Kirlian video. The video camera required
must be capable of taking low light video, or be equipped with an
light enhancing image intensifier.
Grounding for Kirlian Photography (When Not to use the Ground Plate (GP))
When shooting live or human subjects, do not allow the subject to come in contact with a
ground. This will increase the HV current through the subject and may be uncomfortable to
the subject. Typically a person doesn’t need to be grounded, they just need to touch the plas-
tic side of the transparent discharge plate to create a corona discharge.
When shooting inanimate objects like coins and leaves, a ground is necessary to create a co-
rona discharge. One may ground inanimate objects you are planning to photograph in any
number of ways, using either an Earth or circuit
ground.
