Saturday, April 7, 2012

[UV] Phalaenopsis flower at 300-350nm reflected UV ultraviolet photography

I have previously shown here, how the world looks like at 300-350nm. Now more how a flower (Phalaenopsis in that case) looks like at 300-350nm in reflected UV photography in comparison to using a Baader U filter (320-390nm) and in normal visible light.

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Visible light:


UV: Baader U filter:


UV: 330-370nm:


UV: 300-350nm:


In the last 300-350nm shot, the colors denote: yellowish green is 330-345nm, blue is <325nm.

These triptychs will show the differences side-a-side:





The shorter the waveband used gets, the more details the flowers reveals.


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