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