Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/12/15
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Thanks for the suggestions, Henning. The experimentation will be fun. Now I need more plants. I seem to be very prone to killing them off. Thanks, Len On Dec 15, 2006, at 6:40 PM, Henning Wulff 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 >> > > A very interesting effect. I've seen a number of these UV plant > picturs, and often it's very hard to relate them to the flowers we > see. A lot of the plant is made visible that we cannot otherwise > perceive, and I think that is part of the additional 'mass' or > 'bulk' that George speaks of. > > It might be fun to try using different lighting (back lighting, > different fluorescent tubes, etc.). > > -- > * Henning J. Wulff > /|\ Wulff Photography & Design > /###\ mailto:henningw@archiphoto.com > |[ ]| http://www.archiphoto.com > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information