Sunday, April 18, 2010

Potentilla multispectral

Well, also some flowers of the genus Potentilla (Sulfur Cinquefoil) has a very interesting pattern which only shows in ultraviolet, so I took a chance to shoot that interesting little flower using a UV-Planar 4/60mm lens and various filters /  lightsources.

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Visual shot 


BV (simulated bee vision) shot 


UV (300-400nm) shot 


UV+FL shot 


FL (UV induced visilble fluorescence) shot 



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