UV reveals Tactile Structures

I find the surface structures amazing, UV shots can reveal...
(both shots from testing a new fast lens designed for UV-A 300-400nm)

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Phalaenopsis Orchid UV:



Here a VIS image:



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

Richard Hammond's Invisible Worlds Episode 3 March 30, 9pm GMT on BBC One

BBC London has published more on the forthcoming series "Invisible Worlds".

Episode 3 , the last one, will be "Off the Scale" about things way to huge or way to little for us to see with the unaided eye.

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, FL] Enhancing the visibility of fossil cephalopods soft tissue structures

I had the honor to work with Neal Larson (yeah, THAT Neal Larson who discovered SUE, the T-Rex, with his brother Peter) on a paper on fossilized cephalopods found in Hajoula, Lebanon. I used my remapping technology consisting of a visible image (A), a UV stimulated visible fluorescence image (B) to enhance the visibility of preserved soft tissue structures (C) by combining them into one multispectral image.

Should someone be interested in the paper, the full title is:
"A new look at fossil cephalopods", NEAL L. LARSON, ROBERT W. MORTON, PETER L. LARSON AND UWE BERGMANN in
Tanabe, K., Shigeta, Y., Sasaki, T. & Hirano, H. (eds.) 2010. Cephalopods - Present and Past, Tokai University Press, Tokyo, p. 303-314.

Images (c) Neal L Larson and Dr Klaus Schmitt

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Another example of the same technique, shots I did with a squid fossil I have here from the Upper Cretaceous period, ca 90 million years old.

Visible light image:

UV stimulated visible fluorescence: 

multispectral remapped 


There is a follow up to this one 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

My UV shots on BBC's "Richard Hammond's Invisible Worlds" Episode 2

These are my still images BBC had chosen for their production of episode 2 of "Richard Hammond's Invisible Worlds". These are some of my earliest works which must have impressed them the most. Here again for your viewing pleasure ....

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Sanvitalia ("Creeping Zinnia") in VIS + UV:





Rudbeckia ("Black eyed Susan") in VIS + UV:





Petunia in VIS + UV:





Potentilla recta ("Sulfur ´Cinquefoil") in VIS + UV:

Well, of course I feel honored that they gave me a chance to show my work, thus allowing the viewers of that series to understand, that there is so much more (beauty) beyond our very limited visual range!

Further on the technical side to contribute to the HDTV filming by finding suitable UV sensitive HDTV-cameras and suitable light sources, plus later then using my special lenses + filters for the actual filming of the scenes. That was all a great challenge but big fun working with such a professional team!

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

Richard Hammond's Invisible Worlds, Episode 2 on BBC iPlayer

BBC London has published now the second episode of "Richard Hammond's Invisible Worlds" on iPlayer and also on BBC HD for viewing.

Here the link to the video only viewable in the UK unfortunately. If you are on a server in the UK and you're away from home, you could of course use your Virtual Private Network (VPN) to watch, so you won't miss it...

This is the link to the HDTV version of it.

That second episode leads us to the world of ultraviolet light (where I have contributed), infrared and to the stars.

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

Richard Hammond's "Invisible Worlds" Episode 1 on BBC iPlayer

BBC London has published now the first episode of "Richard Hammond's Invisible Worlds" on iPlayer and also on BBC HD for best HDTV viewing.

Here the link to the video only viewable in the UK unfortunately. If you are on a server in the UK and you're away from home, you could of course use your Virtual Private Network (VPN) to watch, so you won't miss it...

I was amazed how well the production was made and the topics which have been carefully selected.

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

More News on "Richard Hammond's Invisible Worlds"

BBC London has published more on the forthcoming series "Invisible Wolds". It will be even shown in full HD resolution on BBC HD.

Here is a preview video of the 1st series only viewable in the UK unfortunately.

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