Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/12/17
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Montie, Thanks. It's fun but took a little time to put the pieces together. I also found that different flowers respond very differently to UV light. Every time I'm in a Home Depot or Lowes I look at what house plants to experiment with. Because of the season the pickings are pretty lean. I agree about the flower shooters here. The photos are spectacular. Len On Dec 17, 2006, at 10:48 AM, Montie wrote: > Leonard, as one experimenter to another, this is excellent work. > UV-2 especially...very neat approach. > > Should all the superb flower shooters on this list ever collaborate > on a book, it would surely grace coffee tables throughout the land. > > Montie > ------------------ >> Leonard Taupier wrote: >> >>> The flowers were exposed with Ultra-Violet light from a black >>> light in >>> an otherwise totally dark room. >>> >>> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/LeonardT/UV/UV_1.jpg.html> >>> >>> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/LeonardT/UV/UV_2.jpg.html> >>> >>> Please comment on what you think. >>> >>> The camera was a D2X at 20 sec exposure >>> Lens an El-Nikkor 105mm f5.6 at f11 mounted in a Nikon PB4 bellows >>> with a homemade F to LTM adapter >>> Focus was in incandescent light. >>> Exposure black light only, using a hot mirror filter and a B+H >>> 403 UV >>> bandpass filter. >>> >>> No attempt was made to color correct. The 403 filter is a nearly >>> black, >>> red filter. >>> >>> I tried the same setup using a D200 and even with a 6 stop exposure >>> increase no image was produced. Totally black. >>> >>> As a retired engineer I can't stop experimenting. I just think it's >>> fun. Hope you enjoy it. >>> >>> Len > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information