Monday, December 3, 2018

Oncostele Wildcat 'Golden Red Star' in visible and reflected ultraviolet (UV) light

Today shots of an Orchid hybride, Oncostele Wildcat 'Golden Red Star' in reflected ultraviolet photography with a UV-Nikkor f4.5/105mm lens. UV filter used was the Baader-U filter, my "work horse" filter for reflected UV. All shots were done at f8 for the UV-Nikkor. Light source used was a modified for high UV output Xenon flash.

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Visual vs reflected UV (Baader-U):
 

This orchid has a very specific UV pattern, its petals are very UV dark, but its lower petal lip has on the lower center a very UV bright spot as well as on its center "nose" formation an UV reflecting spot and all this gets nicely visible.

I have written more about this orchid 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