SilverImage Streamline tool for photographing herbarium specimen sheets Developed by SilverBiology Michael Giddens

Place barcode on specimen Place image on camera station Photograph image Scan barcode Move image to your physical finished stack Life Cycle of an Image Station

Example Image Station

Camera Station Details DeviceCurrent Preference CameraCanon EOS 5D Mark II LensCanon 50mm f/2.5 EF Compact Macro Remote Firing SwitchCanon RS-80N3 Remote Switch AC Power AdaptorCanon ACK-E6 AC Adapter Kit Copy Stand StorageLaCie 5big Network ComputerPC or Mac Monitor20" - 25" Barcode Scanner Color Guide & ScaleKodak Color Separation Guide - Small Q-13 Barcodeshttp:// Average costs depend on monitor, storage & computer: $7-8k per camera station PDF version with pricing can be found here.

How SilverImage Works Canon software takes a photograph and stores the file on a hard drive. SilverImage then: – Captures the barcode – Renames the camera filename to the barcode filename – Moves the file to a session folder for batching – Records in a database what was imaged, who imaged it and when. Canon software batches all Raw images to jpeg – Optional nightly batching of jpegs to central image server

SilverImage Screen Shots

Imaging Speeds Current use with the software averages 2-5 images per minute depending on the operator. General average is 3 per minute or 1 every 20 seconds. One station can produce: 1 hour = 90 images 1 day (8hrs) = 720 images 1 week = 3,600 images 1 month = 14,400 images 1 year = 173,000 images We have had seen results up to 900 per day on one camera station.

Nightly Batching to Image Server

Image Server View imaging progress View & search specimen sheets with zooming support View reports about imaging progress from all imaging stations Ability to communicate directly with HelpingScience.org for data entry Ability to submit copies of images to Flickr and Picasa Web Ability to download, link or embed images on other websites

Image Server & HelpingScience

The software is currently being tested with the CyberFlora Louisiana project. For more information please contact: