Today more shots of a Cobweb house-leek flower - Sempervivum arachnoideum in reflected ultraviolet photography and simulated bee and butterfly vision. All shots were done at f11 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 a modified Xenon flash.
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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):
Sempervivum flowers have a distinct UV reflection, their petals have a dark center center line, the outside part is UV darker and all this gets nicely visible here, also in simulated bee and butterfly vision.
I have posted about this flower before HERE
More info on this very interesting field may be found on my site http://www.pbase.com/kds315/uv_photos