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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
Thursday, October 18, 2012
UV photography - Inspired by old bromoil prints
I was inspired by some old bromoil prints and used my recently developed UV photographic technique for that.This is new territory for me, so bare with me...
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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
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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
Tuesday, October 16, 2012
Hydrangea: Golden reflected UV ultraviolet photography IV
Today more about those "golden shots" of an autumnal Hydrangea I was presenting the other day. I was using this time my CERCO 94mm quartz fluorite lens and was playing around with some lighting situations.
I used my special "golden" processing for these autumnal Hydrangea shots that I have also used a few days ago.
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Also this was some "artsy" playing with light then my usual documentary work and I quite like the results.
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
I used my special "golden" processing for these autumnal Hydrangea shots that I have also used a few days ago.
[click on image to see a larger one]
Also this was some "artsy" playing with light then my usual documentary work and I quite like the results.
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
Friday, October 12, 2012
Colorful reflected UV ultraviolet photography ?
I was always wondering if reflected UV photography would have to be so drab in terms of colors. We humans are so used to a wonderful world of colors, so I thought I should experiment a bit with that topic. Well, I was curious to see how that Rudbeckia fulgida flower I have here would look like, if I would create a bit colorful background for it, when shooting it in reflected UV light using my "work horse" UV filter, the Baader-U filter. Well, here an example for that...
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Rudbeckia fulgida:
Now this is "artsy" and still documents the wonderful and very prominent UV pattern this flower has, very well still useful as a documentary.
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
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Rudbeckia fulgida:
Now this is "artsy" and still documents the wonderful and very prominent UV pattern this flower has, very well still useful as a documentary.
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
D.O. Industries 50mm old enlarger lens: reflected UV ultraviolet photography
I was digging through boxes, when some older, but new in box D.O. Industries f4.5/50mm enlarger lens fell into my hands. Well, I was curious to see how it would perform in UV, so I took a few shots in the Hermannshof park with it, using my "work horse" UV filter that never let me alone, the Baader-U filter. How nice that this lens has a 40.5mm filter thread, as not all enlarger lenses have that. A simple short M42 focusing helicoid served as a focusing aid and as it has a Leica thread mount (M39), so simple M39-M42 ring was all needed to make it fit. All shots were done at f8 in evening last sunlight with not much UV left to use.
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Rudbeckia hirta, wild form from Illinois:
same, but closer:
Rudbeckia fulgida:
Quite impressive performance for a most likely simple Cooke triplet 3e/3g lens. Oh and I forgot to mention, is has no (or barely any) focus shift. Here is its transmission graph versus my usual reference lenses, which reaveals how well this lens transmits UV:
More research and testing needs to be done, but it could form the basis of a comparably cheap UV photography system; we'll see...
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
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Rudbeckia hirta, wild form from Illinois:
same, but closer:
Rudbeckia fulgida:
Quite impressive performance for a most likely simple Cooke triplet 3e/3g lens. Oh and I forgot to mention, is has no (or barely any) focus shift. Here is its transmission graph versus my usual reference lenses, which reaveals how well this lens transmits UV:
More research and testing needs to be done, but it could form the basis of a comparably cheap UV photography system; we'll see...
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
Thursday, October 11, 2012
X135 UV calibrated f2.8/135mm lens: golden reflected UV ultraviolet photography III
Today I wanted to make the difference visible of those "golden shots" of an autumnal Hydrangea I was presenting the other day. I was using this lens of mine that I have calibrated and used for reflected UV photography a while ago. It has a 5e/5g design and I have posted about it here and here.
I used my special "golden" processing for these autumnal Hydrangea shots that I have used a few days ago. That method I have also used earlier HERE and HERE.
So what you will see is the normal, visible image, the pure reflected UV image and the specially done "golden" shot.
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Visual image:
UV shot:
"Golden" image without BG illumination:
This was some more "artsy" playing with light then my usual documentary work, but it shoudl still be interesting.
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
I used my special "golden" processing for these autumnal Hydrangea shots that I have used a few days ago. That method I have also used earlier HERE and HERE.
So what you will see is the normal, visible image, the pure reflected UV image and the specially done "golden" shot.
[click on image to see a larger one]
Visual image:
UV shot:
"Golden" image without BG illumination:
This was some more "artsy" playing with light then my usual documentary work, but it shoudl still be interesting.
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
Wednesday, October 10, 2012
X135 UV calibrated f2.8/135mm lens: golden reflected UV ultraviolet photography II
Today more "golden shots" of an autumnal Hydrangea using this lens of mine that I have calibrated and used for reflected UV photography a while ago. It has a 5e/5g design and I have posted about it here and here.
I again used my special "golden" processing for these autumnal Hydrangea shots that I have used a few days ago. That method I have also used earlier HERE and HERE.
[click on image to see a larger one]
This was some more "artsy" playing with light then my usual documentary work, but it fits the season very well I thought.
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
I again used my special "golden" processing for these autumnal Hydrangea shots that I have used a few days ago. That method I have also used earlier HERE and HERE.
[click on image to see a larger one]
This was some more "artsy" playing with light then my usual documentary work, but it fits the season very well I thought.
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
Monday, October 8, 2012
X135 UV calibrated f2.8/135mm lens: golden reflected UV ultraviolet photography
Well, today I dug out this lens of mine that I have calibrated and used for reflected UV photography a while ago. It has a 5e/5g design and I have posted about it here .
So today about UV photography using this lens, executed using one of my last Rudbeckia fulgida flowers. Sunlight was used as a light source.
Oh well and I forgot to mention that I used my special "golden" processing for these autumnal shots, which I have already used HERE and HERE.
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and here some autumnal leafs, Hydrangea in that case...
This was more some "artsy" playing with light then my usual documentary work, but still the very prominent UV pattern of that Rudbeckia 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
So today about UV photography using this lens, executed using one of my last Rudbeckia fulgida flowers. Sunlight was used as a light source.
Oh well and I forgot to mention that I used my special "golden" processing for these autumnal shots, which I have already used HERE and HERE.
[click on image to see a larger one]
and here some autumnal leafs, Hydrangea in that case...
This was more some "artsy" playing with light then my usual documentary work, but still the very prominent UV pattern of that Rudbeckia 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
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