[UV] BBC Green Planet Series - The Science of Plants - How to Grow a Planet

There will be a new major BBC 3x 60min series, produced by BBC Scotland which will be aired on BBC TWO most likely in spring 2012. The current working title of the series is "Green Planet" and it will be presented by geologist and Professor Iain Stewart.

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(c) BBC London

My UV part will be shown in the "The Science of Plants" section. So what you'll see will be some of my recent work, for instance Rudbeckia



as well as Hemerocallis, Zinna and Bidens, just to name some.

As soon as I know more details or have the schedule when this will be aired on BBC TWO, I'll let it know here.


Stay tuned, more will follow on that fascinating subject...

More info on this very interesting field may be found on my site http://www.pbase.com/kds315/uv_photos

[UV] Hippeastrum (Amaryllis) details in ultraviolet light

A good friend sent a wonderful Christmas Bouquet which also included deep red Hippeastrum (Amaryllis) blossoms, I have already published about it here on my BLOG. Now UV closeups of that one, shot using a UV-Planar 60mm and my UV sensitive camera. Filter used for the reflected UV shots was the Baader-U filter and a modified high power Xenon flash served as light source.

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Closeup including stigma and stamen:


the petal surface:


an finally the glowing stigma:


Doesn't that look like "pure amethyst"?

Impressive how much such a beautiful Christmas Gift may reveal, even if it is invisible to our human eyes...


Stay tuned, more will follow on that fascinating subject...

More info on this very interesting field may be found on my site http://www.pbase.com/kds315/uv_photos

[UV] Christmas Bouquet

A good friend sent a wonderful Christmas Bouquet - so here it is as it looks like in reflected ultraviolet light. It was shot using my UV sensitive camera and a Noflexar 35mm lens. Filter used for the UV shot was the Baader-U filter and a modified high power Xenon flash was the light source used.

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So I wish everyone Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!


Stay tuned, more will follow on that fascinating subject...

More info on this very interesting field may be found on my site http://www.pbase.com/kds315/uv_photos

[UV, VIS] Hippeastrum (Amaryllis)

This is about Hippeastrum or as it is called here, Amaryllis, usually sold around Christmas time. It was shot using my UV sensitive camera and a Cerco 94mm lens. Filter used for the UV shot was the Baader-U filter and a modified high power Xenon flash served as a light source.

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UV:


VIS:




Stay tuned, more will follow on that fascinating subject...

More info on this very interesting field may be found on my site http://www.pbase.com/kds315/uv_photos