Gazania yellow hybride: human vision vs simulated bee vison; reflected UV ultraviolet photography

Today about a yellow Gazania flower I had posted about it studio shots before, so here again it is in multispectral representation. I took some shots outside in normal human vision VIS, in UV using the Baader-U, as well as in simulated bee vision using my XBV2, XBV3 and the XBV6 filters respectively using sunlight.

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Visual shot:


Simulated bee vision using XBV3 filter:


Simulated bee vision using XBV2 filter:


Simulated bee vision using XBV6 filter:


UV using Baader-U filter:


Quite interesting how this new filtering technique makes the very different reflectance of the petal visible. A bit different than the Xenon flash shots as it was evening sunlight though.


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