Garden in reflected ultraviolet photography and simulated bee vision

One of the most famous gardens in our area here in Weinheim, Germany is Schau- und Sichtungsgarten Hermannshof . Today I took some multispectral shots there, in normal human vision VIS, in UV using the Baader-U filter, as well as in simulated bee vision using my XBV filters respectively.

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Human vision (VIS):


Reflected ultraviolet (UV):


Simulated Bee vision (BV):


Diptych VIS-UV:


Diptych VIS-BV:


This multispectral look at it reaveals a lot of otherwise invisible details, like the UV nectar patterns the yellow Rudbeckia flowers have. It wasn't my first time there, but certainly not my last time...

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