Lichen: human vision vs UV induced visible fluorescence vison and reflected UV ultraviolet photography II

Today more about that piece of bark with Lichen growing on it (most likely Xanthoria parietina and Physcia adscendens grown into each other), that I found blown over onto my balcony. Closeup shots in reflected UV, visible light and simulated insect vision were done using my UV-Nikkor 105mm quartz/fluorite lens as well as another quartz-fluorite lens reversed as a multispectral diopter. Filters used were the UV Baader-U filter and my usual XBV filters. My modified Xenon flash was used as a light source. 

 
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Human vision image using UV/IR Cut filter:


Reflected UV image:


Simulated Butterfly vision image:


Simulated Bee vision image:


Quadriptych VIS, UV,  BV. BU:



So this Lichen bark in closeup was a quick experiment, quite some room for improvement of course, possibly using stacking in future for more DOF.

I have written more about that 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

Lichen: human vision vs UV induced visible fluorescence vison and reflected UV ultraviolet photography

Today about a piece of bark with Lichen growing on it (most likely Xanthoria parietina and Physcia adscendens grown into each other), that I found blown over onto my balcony. Shots in reflected UV and UV stimulated visible fluorescence (UVIVF) were done using my UV-Nikkor 105mm quartz/fluorite lens. Filters used were the UV Baader-U filter and a 420nm sharp cut Longpass filter. A high power filtered Nichia 365nm UV LED was used as a light source. Different colors of the UVIVF images by using different white balance settings.

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Human vision image using UV/IR Cut filter:


UV image using Baader-U filter:


Bee vision image using XBV filter:


UVIVF image:


UVIVF image:


UVIVF image:


UVIVF image:


UVIVF image:



Quadriptych: VIS, UV, UVIVF*2 (different whitebalance) image:


UVIVF is commonly what people imagine when they read or hear about "UV photography" - here you see the difference to reflected UV photography. UVIVF has gotten very common, as it is so much easier to do and no special lens is needed, as just visible light is recorded. 

I have written more about that 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

Zinnia: UV Induced Visible Fluorescence - ultraviolet photography III

So, last few of those Zinnia examples that I have shown before indicating what could be done with Nichia based NC4U133 (365nm) / NC4U134 (385nm) systems and my High Power UV LED Radiation System with easily exchangeable radiation heads for nominal wavelength of 365nm, 385nm, 395nm, 400nm and 405nm using the most modern 40W UV LEDs or the simple and now quite common 365nm Nichia flashlights which use the single dice NCSU033A and NCSU033B chips.

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Creamy white Zinnia in visible light:  


 Creamy white Zinnia in UV induced visible fluorescence, variant 1:


 Creamy white Zinnia in UV induced visible fluorescence, variant 2:



Pinkish Zinnia in visible light:


Pinkish Zinnia in UV induced visible fluorescence, variant 1:  


Pinkish Zinnia in UV induced visible fluorescence, variant 2:  


I hope these shots also serve as example what could be done with those UV flashlights, but of course those are useful for many different applications such as stimulating visible fluorescence, reflected UV photography, forensic, dermatological and dental examinations and photographic recording, curing of UV glue / bonding, as well as leakage detection etc.

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