Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/12/15

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Subject: [Leica] Flowers in Ultra-Violet
From: ricc at mindspring.com (Ric Carter)
Date: Fri Dec 15 13:05:10 2006
References: <7D42FCC1-561F-4CA3-B82E-FD1729356E6B@comcast.net>

NEAT!!

Ric


On Dec 15, 2006, at 3:45 PM, Leonard Taupier wrote:

> The flowers were exposed with Ultra-Violet light from a black light  
> in an otherwise totally dark room.
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> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/LeonardT/UV/UV_1.jpg.html>
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> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/LeonardT/UV/UV_2.jpg.html>
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> Please comment on what you think.
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> 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.
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> No attempt was made to color correct. The 403 filter is a nearly  
> black, red filter.
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> I tried the same setup using a D200 and even with a 6 stop exposure  
> increase no image was produced.  Totally black.
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> As a retired engineer I can't stop experimenting. I just think it's  
> fun. Hope you enjoy it.
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> Len
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