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Images => Nature, Flora, Fauna & Landscapes => Topic started by: Dr Klaus Schmitt on May 13, 2025, 09:54:27

Title: Frankfurt Botanical Gardens showing some of my works
Post by: Dr Klaus Schmitt on May 13, 2025, 09:54:27

The Frankfurt Botanical Gardens, Germany ("Palmengarten") has asked for permission to show some of my multispectral works.

It was shot using special filters and the f4.5/105mm UV-Nikkor with a modified Xenon studio flash.

Here one example of what they got and will display mainly to school kids:

GAZANIA:

Human vision:
(https://nikongear.net/revival/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.pbase.com%2Fkds315%2Fimage%2F163146277%2Foriginal.jpg&hash=e4802ab65e14b9ded0dc1beb15b02fc196a64fdb)

Simulated Bee vision:
(https://nikongear.net/revival/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.pbase.com%2Fkds315%2Fimage%2F163146280%2Foriginal.jpg&hash=eade329250c215b3c71e5bf27106d377291ade44)

Simulated Butterfly vision:
(https://nikongear.net/revival/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.pbase.com%2Fkds315%2Fimage%2F163146279%2Foriginal.jpg&hash=e4066832eb2d04dc49aca87b88943ca10b11bea8)

Title: Re: Frankfurt Botanical Gardens showing some of my works
Post by: Akira on May 13, 2025, 10:13:43

Welcome back, Klaus!

Gazania was one of the first flower I had ever shot in UV.  The equipment was much more crude than yours at that time.  So, I'm glad to see the "correct answer" now.   :D

Title: Re: Frankfurt Botanical Gardens showing some of my works
Post by: Dr Klaus Schmitt on May 13, 2025, 14:04:52

Thanks Akira,
I was very busy with private and business related things, so haven't done much photography the last months, actually years!!
Now after the recent move to a new home close to France (Strasbourg), I'm cleaning up my huge lens collections (as you made
have read here already) and am reconsidering taking multispectral photography up again...

I give away some of my works for educating kids + adults as I believe our natural world does need more awareness....