UV-Nikkor 105mm vs Coastal Optical systems 105mm lens for reflected ultraviolet (UV) photography II

I got another Coastal Optics (now JENOPTIK CoastalOpt®) f4.5 / 105mm lens, so today about shooting with two dedicated UV lenses, the Coastal Optical Systems / Jenoptik UV-Micro-Apo f4.5 / 105mm and the classic UV lens, the UV-Nikkor f4.5 / 105mm in a truely non-scientific photographic comparision at shooting in reflected UV, using the Baader-U filter at sunlight. Both lenses were used fully open at f4.5.

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Chimney about 10m away:


Detail:


Chimney about 20m away:



Detail:


Roof:


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Close-up:


Detail:


The UV-Nikkor 105mm image is shown on the left side, the Coastal Optical Systems 105mm on the right side. White balance was done for the UV-Nikkor 105mm.

The UV-Nikkor 105mm seems to have (quite) an edge over the Coastal Optics 105mm in terms of sharpness and contrast, when used fully open at f4.5. That difference will get smaller stopped down, and the Coastal will gain sharpness and also contrast, as my previous test has shown.

Both lenses require about the same white balance, due to their flat UV transmission and show about identical exposure, with exposure times having a slight nod towards the Coastal Optics lens (1/3 stop less), which in practice is rather insignificant. See the following transmission spectra I have measured, which shows that the modern broad range UV-VIS BBAR coating the Coastal Optics lens has offers some higher transmission on average which actually calculates as 1/3 stop difference:




PS: But there is a rather unexpected feature the Coastal Optics lens has (identical with both lenses I have): Its Coastal made Nikon-F mount is 0.3mm wider than the original Nikon-F mount which leads to a rather wobbly fit. To cure that, I bent the camera adapter springs a bit wider to achieve the needed tight fit.

I have written about that Coastal Optics lens 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

Exhibit at Museum Mensch und Natur, Nymphenburg Palace, Munich, Bavaria Germany II

Today more about that German Museum, Mensch und Natur (Museum of Man and Nature) located at the famous Nymphenburg Palace in Munich, Bavaria, Germany which I support with my images for a now open exhibit about insects named "Knallbunt und unsichtbar" ("extremely colorful and invisible") which will be shown July 6 - November 4, 2018. It includes works of mine about (simulated) butterfly and bee vision.

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Here now a few shots I got from the Museum about this exhibit:

all images (C) Museum Mensch und Natur

The exhibits shows the difference of our human vision and the vision of butterflies and bees (simulated) using special viewers under each image.

I'm wishing the museum and its visitors a successful exhibit, certainly worth going to with family and friends!

I have written about that 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

Black-Eyed-Susan - Rudbeckia fulgida in reflected ultraviolet photography and simulated bee and butterfly vision IV

Today more shots of a famous "UV-flower" Black-Eyed-Susan - Rudbeckia fulgida in reflected ultraviolet photography and simulated bee and butterfly vision. All shots were done at f5.6 in reflected ultraviolet photography using my "work horse" UV filter, the Baader-U filter, as well as my XBV filters for simulated bee and butterfly vision. Lens was a UV-Nikkor 105mm quartz fluorite lens. Light source was sunlight.

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Human vision:
 

Reflected UV:
 

Simulated butterfly vision:
 

Simulated bee vision:
 

Quadriptych of human vision, UV, simulated butterfly and bee vision (left to right, top to bottom):
 

Black-Eyed-Susans have a distinct UV reflection "bulls eye" pattern, its petals have a quite UV dark center and the outside part is quite UV bright around 365nm and all this gets nicely visible, also in simulated bee and butterfly vision.

I have written about that flower before 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

Dahlia using Negative Space in reflected ultraviolet photography and simulated butterfly and bee vision

Today shots of a decorative flower of the Asteraceae family, Dahlia sp in reflected ultraviolet photography and simulated bee and butterfly vision. All shots were done at f5.6 in reflected ultraviolet photography using my "work horse" UV filter, the Baader-U filter, as well as my XBV filters for simulated bee and butterfly vision. Lens was a UV-Nikkor 105mm quartz fluorite lens. Light source was sunlight.

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Human vision:
 

Reflected UV:
 

Simulated butterfly vision:
 

Simulated bee vision:
 

Quadriptych of human vision, UV, simulated butterfly and bee vision (left to right, top to bottom):
 

This pretty flower has no specific UV pattern, its flower petals are UV dark, whereas the flower center is UV reflective, but this actually creates a negative space where the UV reflective center stands out against by massively increasing contrast - and all this gets nicely visible, also in simulated bee and butterfly vision.

I have written about that negative space concept HERE, California poppy and Bermuda buttercup uses that too! 
 
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

Italian eryngo - Eryngium amethystinum in reflected ultraviolet photography and simulated butterfly and bee vision

Today shots of a decorative flower of the Apiaceae family, Italian eryngo - Eryngium amethystinum in reflected ultraviolet photography and simulated bee and butterfly vision. All shots were done at f5.6 in reflected ultraviolet photography using my "work horse" UV filter, the Baader-U filter, as well as my XBV filters for simulated bee and butterfly vision. Lens was a UV-Nikkor 105mm quartz fluorite lens. Light source was sunlight.

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Human vision:
 

Reflected UV:
 

Simulated butterfly vision:
 

Simulated bee vision:
 

Quadriptych of human vision, UV, simulated butterfly and bee vision (left to right, top to bottom):
 

This pretty blue flower has a specific UV pattern, its little individual flower petals are UV bright around 385nm, whereas the flower center is quite UV dark, and all this gets nicely visible, also in simulated bee and butterfly vision.

I have written about that flower before 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

Japanese Lily - Lilium speciosum in reflected ultraviolet photography and simulated bee and butterfly vision

Today shots of a very decorative flower, Japanese Lily - Lilium speciosum in reflected ultraviolet photography using my "work horse" UV filter, the Baader-U filter as well as in simulated butterfly and bee vision using my XBV filters. Lens was my UV-Nikkor 105mm quartz flourite lens. Light source was sunlight. All shots were done at about f5.6.

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Human vision:
 

Reflected UV:
 

Simulated butterfly vision:
 

Simulated bee vision:
 

Quadriptych of human vision, UV, simulated butterfly and bee vision (left to right, top to bottom):
 


This decorative flower has a specific UV pattern, its petals are quite UV bright around 385nm, wheras its pollen is UV dark, and all this gets nicely visible, also in simulated bee and butterfly vision.

I have written about that flower before 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

Shiny Coneflower - Rudbeckia nitida in reflected ultraviolet photography and simulated bee and butterfly vision

Today about another "UV-flower" Shiny Coneflower - Rudbeckia nitida in reflected ultraviolet photography and simulated bee and butterfly vision. All shots were done at f5.6 in reflected ultraviolet photography using my "work horse" UV filter, the Baader-U filter, as well as my XBV filters for simulated bee and butterfly vision. Lens was a UV-Nikkor 105mm quartz fluorite lens. Light source was sunlight.

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Human vision:
 

Reflected UV:
 

Simulated butterfly vision:
 

Simulated bee vision:
 

Quadriptych of human vision, UV, simulated butterfly and bee vision (left to right, top to bottom):
 

Those very tall (over 2 meters / 7ft) Shiny Coneflowers have a distinct UV reflection "bulls eye" pattern, its petals have a quite UV dark center and the outside part is quite UV bright around 365nm and all this gets nicely visible, also in simulated bee and butterfly vision.

I have written about that flower before 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

Brown-Eyed-Susan - Rudbeckia triloba in reflected ultraviolet photography and simulated bee and butterfly vision

Today about another "UV-flower" Brown-Eyed-Susan - Rudbeckia triloba in reflected ultraviolet photography and simulated bee and butterfly vision. All shots were done at f5.6 in reflected ultraviolet photography using my "work horse" UV filter, the Baader-U filter, as well as my XBV filters for simulated bee and butterfly vision. Lens was a UV-Nikkor 105mm quartz fluorite lens. Light source was sunlight.

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Human vision:
 

Reflected UV:
 

Simulated butterfly vision:
 

Simulated bee vision:
 

Quadriptych of human vision, UV, simulated butterfly and bee vision (left to right, top to bottom):
 

Black-Eyed-Susans have a distinct UV reflection "bulls eye" pattern, its petals have a quite UV dark center and the outside part is quite UV bright around 365nm and all this gets nicely visible, also in simulated bee and butterfly vision.

I have written about that flower before 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

Jerusalem artichoke - Helianthus tuberosus in reflected ultraviolet photography and simulated bee and butterfly vision

Today shots of a lesser known "UV-flower" Jerusalem artichoke - Helianthus tuberosus in reflected ultraviolet photography and simulated bee and butterfly vision. All shots were done at f5.6 in reflected ultraviolet photography using my "work horse" UV filter, the Baader-U filter, as well as my XBV filters for simulated bee and butterfly vision. Lens was a UV-Nikkor 105mm quartz fluorite lens. Light source was sunlight.

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Human vision:
 

Reflected UV:
 

Simulated butterfly vision:
 

Simulated bee vision:
 

Quadriptych of human vision, UV, simulated butterfly and bee vision (left to right, top to bottom):
 

This attractive flower has a specific UV "bulls eye" pattern, its petals and its center are UV dark, the flower outer petals are UV bright (around 365nm), all invisible to us humans and all this gets nicely visible, also in simulated bee and butterfly vision.

I have written about that flower before 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

Black-Eyed-Susan - Rudbeckia fulgida in reflected ultraviolet photography and simulated bee and butterfly vision III

Today even more shots of that famous "UV-flower" Black-Eyed-Susan - Rudbeckia fulgida in reflected ultraviolet photography and simulated bee and butterfly vision. All shots were done at f5.6 in reflected ultraviolet photography using my "work horse" UV filter, the Baader-U filter, as well as my XBV filters for simulated bee and butterfly vision. Lens was a UV-Nikkor 105mm quartz fluorite lens. Light source was sunlight.

[click on image to see a larger one]

Human vision:
 

Reflected UV:
 

Simulated butterfly vision:
 

Simulated bee vision:
 

Quadriptych of human vision, UV, simulated butterfly and bee vision (left to right, top to bottom):
 

Black-Eyed-Susans have a distinct UV reflection "bulls eye" pattern, its petals have a quite UV dark center and the outside part is quite UV bright around 365nm and all this gets nicely visible, also in simulated bee and butterfly vision.

I have written about that flower before 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