I have recently tried to photograph Thrift / Seapink in Ultra Violet light and showing the fluorescence in visible light. Two things became obvious: The amazing colours of the fluorescence, and the amount of dust specs fluorescing – mostly in the background. Here are some of the results (some of which I am showing with before/after sliders):
Below is a before/after shot showing the amount of dust (mostly in the background) and the cleaned-up version of the image:
Next I compare the colourful fluorescing image compared to a monochrome UV image – the UV is hard to photograph and I am still developing my techniques:
You may observe slight differences in the alignment as 2 different cameras and lenses where used.
For completeness I show the plant in normal visible light:
And finally I show a view of the setup used – nothing fancy here!
An interesting exercise…