Gazania splendens: human vision vs simulated bee vison

This now is about a Gazania splendens flower that just blossomed. Took some shots, 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

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

Sanvitalia procumbens: Simulated bee vison filter - improved version 3

So this is about tuning my proprietary Bee Vision Filter (that simulates the UV-Blue-Green vision of a bee in just one shot). Here again it is used on a Sanvitalia procumbens flower. As the greens were a bit underrepresented (take the green bud left for example) in my current XBV2 filter, I optimize my filter stack to get "better" greens in my new XBV3 filter.

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Simulated bee vison using XBV2 filter:


Simulated bee vison using XBV3 filter:


For comparison, the normal vison:


So in my opinion, the new version XBV3 represents the leaf color better, yet still brings out the UV marks as white petal tips nicely.


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