Anemone narcissiflora - Cerco 94mm Quartz Fluorite lens for reflected ultraviolet photography

Today about some early spring flowers, here Anemone narcissiflora (most likely, but looks like a white variant of Liverwort "Anemone hepatica") in reflected ultraviolet photography using my "work horse" UV filter, the Baader-U filter as well as my XBV filters for simulating butterfly and bee vision. Lens was a CERCO 94mm quartz fluorite lens. Light source was sunlight. All shots were done at about f5.6. So, on to the results now...

[click on image to see a larger one]

Visible light image:
 

UV image using Baader-U filter (approx. 320-395nm, effective peak approx. 375nm):
 

Simulated butterfly vision (UV - VIS) using XBV3 filter:
 

Simulated bee vision (UV - VIS) using XBV6 filter:
 

Quadtryptich of the above:
 


This Anemone has only a very slight UV pattern, its center is UV dark and this gets nicely visible.


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

[UV] Spring Anemone Flowers in Reflected Ultraviolet UV Light

Today about yellow and pink Anemones in reflected ultraviolet light. Also these were shot using my Steinheil Quarzobjektiv f1.8 / 5cm (50mm) originating from the Steinheil Museum, which I have published earlier about.

[click on image to see a larger one]

I was able to record "UV yellow" Anemone flowers, reflecting UV around 360nm, which funny enough are also deep yellow in visible light.



Here more shots about those special pink Anemones, which have in UV a reverse pattern than in visible light!






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