Phlox in reflected ultraviolet photography and simulated bee and butterfly vision

Today shots of some beautiful little hot pink flowers Phlox in reflected ultraviolet photography using my "work horse" UV filter, the Baader-U filter, as well as in simulated bee and butterfly vision using my XBV filters. All shots were done at f11. Lens was a UV-Nikkor 105mm quartz fluorite lens. Light source was sunlight.

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Human vision:
 

Reflected ultraviolet (UV):
 

Simulated butterfly vision:
 

Simulated bee vision:
 

Quadriptych of human vision, ultraviolet, simulated butterfly and bee vision (left to right, top to bottom):
 

This flower shows an interesting dark central ring UV pattern, its petals shine in UV (around 380nm), and all this gets nicely visible, also in simulated bee and butterfly vision.

I have written more about this flower 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