Denver Botanic Gardens 2018 pollination exhibit

The exhibition management of the Denver Botanic Gardens has contacted me about a forthcoming 2018 exhibut about pollinators. We have agreed that they will use some of my works to demonstrate how differently butterflies see the world compared to how we humans do.

These flowers will be on exhibit: Gaillardia, Linus, Rudbeckia, Crepis which are common in the Colorado wildlife area.

Gaillardia (top) and Rudbeckia (bottom) in human and simulated butterfly vision

Linus (top) and Crepis (bottom) in human and simulated butterfly vision

The exhibit will open in April 2018, so be sure to pay it and the Gardens a visit, certainly worth it!

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

Dwarf Tulip - Tulipa pulchella violacea in reflected ultraviolet photography, simulated bee and butterfly vision III

Today also about an early spring flower, I have written about before HERE, a Dwarf Tulip (Tulipa pulchella violacea) 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 UV-Nikkor 105mm quartz fluorite lens. Light source was sunlight. All shots were done at f8.

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Human Vision:

UV vision:

Simulated Butterfly vision:

Simulated Bee vision:

This dwarf tulip has a quite visible UV pattern, its center is UV bright, surrounded by long wave UV reflecting tips and all this gets quite nicely visible.

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