[UV etc.] Gailardia

kds315 · 20th June 2009

Well I haven't done anything for quite some time here and I see a lot of IR threads but none on UV, so I thought I should show some of my work here.

This is about an interesting find, when I was wondering around in parks taking shots using my "bee vision" filter XBV2 to simulate how bees see. I know that prominent "Gaillardia" flower since I was a kid, but I never thought that it would exhibit some prominent UV pattern.

visual light shot:

"bee vision" shot) (UV+B+G):

The red part of that prominent Gaillardia pattern seems to have a very strong UV reflectance, accompanied by a prominent pattern the petal tips exhibits (UV+Green) so as to generate that "heliport landing spot" pattern. Is it just a coincidence that the pollen exhibits the very same color (and do I see some fluorescence there - to make the pollen look even brighter??)

20th June 2009	#1
kds315 New Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Posts: 6	[UV etc.] Gailardia Well I haven't done anything for quite some time here and I see a lot of IR threads but none on UV, so I thought I should show some of my work here. This is about an interesting find, when I was wondering around in parks taking shots using my "bee vision" filter XBV2 to simulate how bees see. I know that prominent "Gaillardia" flower since I was a kid, but I never thought that it would exhibit some prominent UV pattern. visual light shot: "bee vision" shot) (UV+B+G): The red part of that prominent Gaillardia pattern seems to have a very strong UV reflectance, accompanied by a prominent pattern the petal tips exhibits (UV+Green) so as to generate that "heliport landing spot" pattern. Is it just a coincidence that the pollen exhibits the very same color (and do I see some fluorescence there - to make the pollen look even brighter??)