Rock tulip - Tulipa saxatilis in reflected ultraviolet photography, simulated bee and butterfly vision II

Today some close-ups of an early spring flower I have written about before, a Rock tulip - (Tulipa saxatilis "Lilac Wonder") (often wrongly labeled T. bakeri) in reflected ultraviolet photography using my "work horse" UV filter, the Baader-U filter as well as my XBV filters for simulating butterfly and bee vision. Lens was a CERCO 94mm quartz fluorite lens. Light source was sunlight. All shots were done at about f5.6.

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Visible light image:
 

UV image using Baader-U filter (approx. 320-395nm, effective peak approx. 375nm):
 

Simulated butterfly vision (UV - VIS) using XBV3 filter:
 

Simulated bee vision (UV - VIS) using XBV6 filter:
 

Quadtriptych of the above:
 


This rock tulip has a not so strongly visible UV pattern, its petals are UV bright, and this gets quite nicely visible in these close-ups.


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