Field Forget-me-not - Myosotis arvensis in reflected ultraviolet photography and simulated bee vision II

Today shots of a spring flower, a Field Forget-me-not - Myosotis arvensis in reflected ultraviolet photography using my "work horse" UV filter, the Baader-U filter as well as my XBV6 filters for simulating 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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Triptych of human vision, UV and simulated bee vision (left to right):
 


This Myosotis flower has a quite specific UV pattern, its petals are bright in UV around 385nm, but its center is quite darker. Also very interesting to notice is, that this Myosotis signals the development state of its individual flowers (or even if it has been pollinated?) by different UV "colors" (meaning the reflectance peak changes from long wave UV to shorter wave UV) and all this gets nicely visible, also in simulated bee vision.

I have written about that flower previously HERE
 
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

Dandelion and Daisy - Taraxacum officinale and Bellis perennis flower in reflected UV ultraviolet photography and simulated bee vision

Today shots of two early spring flowers, Bellis perennis - Common Daisy. and Dandelion - Taraxacum officinale in reflected ultraviolet photography. Lens was a CERCO 94mm quartz fluorite lens. Light source was sunlight. All shots were done at about f8 in reflected ultraviolet photography using my "work horse" UV filter, the Baader-U filter, as well as my XBV6 filter for simulated bee vision. Lens was a CERCO 94mm quartz fluorite lens. Light source was sunlight.

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Triptych of human vision, UV and simulated bee vision (left to right):
 

This Dandelion flower has quite a prominent UV pattern, its petals are UV bright around 365nm, its center is UV dark, especially the anthers. Common Daisy, however has a bulls-eye UV pattern, its center is UV dark, and the petals are UV reflective around 380nm and both gets quite nicely visible side-a-side, also in simulated bee vision. Wouldn't it be interesting to find out, which flower is actually preferred by its pollinators, based on the very different reflection patterns in UV and BV?

I have written about the Dandelion flower previously HERE and about the Daisy flower HERE

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