Gazania rigens: human vision vs simulated bee vison

This now is about a Gazania rigens flower that today started to blossom again. Took some shots today, in normal human vision, in UV using the Baader-U filter as well as in simulated bee vision using my XBV2 and XBV3 filters respectively.

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Visual shot:


Simulated bee vison using XBV3 filter:


Simulated bee vison using XBV2 filter:


UV using Baader-U filter:


So and here you have the full comparison as a quadriptych VIS-UV-BV2-BV3:




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