[UV, VIS] Spring Daffodils meet ZEISS UV-Sonnar 105mm

Today some experiments using a ZEISS UV-Sonnar 105mm, Hasselblad 501 C/M body and Phase One digiback. Target were some spring daffodils which had just started to flower.

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So here side-a-side the VIS and UV shot:


[that "black" background cardboard I was using was not black in UV]

Not much to see in UV except the lit tips on the petals and the structure on that petal surface which gets 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] Lilly "retro style" using UV-Sonnar 105mm and Polaroid film

Today a leap back in time. Let's dig out the old photo gear and see what could be done with that. Let's go retro!!

So I grabbed my Hasselblad 500C/M, my UV-Sonnar 4.3/105mm, that special Schott UG11 UV transmission filter that came with that rare lens, a Polaroid back and some Polaroid 100 bw film (good till 1987, just "a little" outdated I have to admit). Exposure was ISO80, 1/125, f8 using a 400Ws Xenon flash.

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Considering the effort and hit rate, I know now how spoiled I am shooting digital!! Same done digital 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