Clivia - f1.0 Quartz Singlet Soft Focus lens

Clivia flower, Quartz Singlet Lens f1.0 test shot

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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

Rudbeckia hirta flower bottom up

This is again about a Rudbeckia hirta a flower but this time shot bottum up.

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UV LED lit showing visible NIR fluorescence 


butterfly vision image shot using Xenon light:




Visible image shot using Xenon light 



Visible stereo image (for crosseyed viewing)




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

Rudbeckia hirta Stereo Butterfly Vision

This is about a Rudbeckia hirta flower shot in human vision and (simulated) butterfly vision.
I'm always amazed about the differences in our human perception and how that very same flower would look like if seen through insects eyes (butterflies in that case).
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Human Vision: 


Butterfly Vision (simulated, UV mapped as blue) 



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

The Spirit

And idea to make visible "the spirit" of a flower...

in that case of a Rudbeckia fulgida flower using a special UV transmissive soft focus lens.

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Human Vision: 


Butterfly Vision (simulated) 



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

Gentiana 3D stereo, human vs butterfly vision

Here a test shot of a Gentiana flower. This time using a 2 shot stereo method.
For crossed eye viewing.

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Human vision: 


Simulated butterfly vision: 


Difference human to butterfly vision: 


I like these cute little sprinkled dots which behave so differently....

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

Sanvitalia (Creeping Zinnia) 3D Stereoscopic Butterfly Vision

Here a test shot of a Creeping Zinnia "Sanvitalia procumbens" flower, using a 2 shot stereo method with my UV-Rodagon 5.6/105mm lens. This is for cross eye viewing.

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First some visible light shot (actually that was filtered out using the Baader UV/IR Cut filter and the rest setup was the same, to make sure I'm not seeing UV induced visible fluorescence):

Simulated Butterfly Vision (UV=blue) using my XBV2 filter: 

and another one: 



Sanvitalia is difficult to bring out the UV pattern, as that one happens much deeper in the UV region as with other flowers having that.


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

Bidens Butterfly Vision 3D Stereoscopic - 2shot Method

Here a test shot today with a [Bidens ferulifolia flower. This time using a different 2 shot stereo method. This also is for cross eye viewing.

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Simulated butterfly vision (UV=blue) 

and a close-up shot: 

The following shots now uses the UV-Rodagon 105mm with even higher resolution, 

so even that fuzz on top of that flower gets visible in 3D: 

This method obviously delivers much higher resolution as two full size images are being used, but works only with static objects of course.


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