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Re: Flowers in UV
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Charlie Carlson <[log in to unmask]>
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Tue, 20 Jan 2009 15:52:59 -0800
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Hey Jeff,

The best thing to do is get set up with a UV bandpass filter and stick  
it on the front end of CCD camera.  It appears black to the naked eye,  
but the camera will "see" through it, and then take a walk outside, or  
to your local nursery, flower shop, botanical garden, neighborhood or  
park in search of flowers.  You can basically tape the filter onto the  
camera lens.  This works during daylight hours.  It's a fun experience  
and you'll be an expert locally.
Charles
On Jan 20, 2009, at 2:40 PM, Jeff Courtman wrote:

> ISEN-ASTC-L is a service of the Association of Science-Technology  
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> We're working with Texas Parks and Wildlife on a project.  One of  
> the exhibits involves comparative photos of flowers showing how they  
> appear differently in the UV spectrum and in the visible spectrum.   
> There is one spectacular resource on the web-Naturfotograf-.   
> Unfortunately we're looking for flowers native to the area in Texas  
> where the project is located.
>
> Anyone know anyone who is an expert or who might be doing UV/flowers  
> as a serious hobby?  (Naturfotograf is from Scandanavia)
>
> We've got a long lead time on this, but I'm trying to figure out  
> which flowers, out of a multitudinous list, while likely show strong  
> landing patterns or bullseyes.....
>
> Thanks in advance....
>
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