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Gear Talk => Lens Talk => Topic started by: Dr Klaus Schmitt on August 21, 2021, 12:45:25

Title: Newly discovered Nectar Mimicry made visible using an UV-Nikkor 105mm
Post by: Dr Klaus Schmitt on August 21, 2021, 12:45:25

Took some multispectral images of Lewisia cotylodon when I noticed some highly reflective ring, especially visible in reflected UV!

(https://a4.pbase.com/o12/08/747708/1/171895694.5X75ERNV.LewisiaVISUVBUBV20210820145028_c.jpg)

Talking about that with my friend Prof. (em) Klaus Lunau of Duesseldorf University, and asking him what that might be, he told me that he just has published
in 2020 in NATURE about this new discovery, previously unknown: Lunau, K., Ren, ZX., Fan, XQ. et al. Nectar mimicry: a new phenomenon. Sci Rep 10, 7039 (2020).
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-020-63997-3 (https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-020-63997-3)

Here is what I have written about that:

https://photographyoftheinvisibleworld.blogspot.com/2021/08/nectar-mimicry-at-lewisia-cotylodon.html (https://photographyoftheinvisibleworld.blogspot.com/2021/08/nectar-mimicry-at-lewisia-cotylodon.html)

Title: Re: Newly discovered Nectar Mimicry made visible using an UV-Nikkor 105mm
Post by: Wannabebetter on August 23, 2021, 06:28:10

Just what I needed to know! And thanks for the link to that article.

Title: Re: Newly discovered Nectar Mimicry made visible using an UV-Nikkor 105mm
Post by: Akira on August 23, 2021, 08:07:23

These are brilliant and interesting images, Klaus!  Thank you for sharing.

Title: Re: Newly discovered Nectar Mimicry made visible using an UV-Nikkor 105mm
Post by: Dr Klaus Schmitt on August 24, 2021, 10:33:06

Thanks guys, glad you fin this interesting! Funny that there is still things to be discoevered!!

Title: Re: Newly discovered Nectar Mimicry made visible using an UV-Nikkor 105mm
Post by: golunvolo on August 24, 2021, 19:40:37

Thank you for sharing it. Very interesting

Title: Re: Newly discovered Nectar Mimicry made visible using an UV-Nikkor 105mm
Post by: Erik Lund on August 25, 2021, 08:42:15

Ditto! Thx for sharing

Title: Re: Newly discovered Nectar Mimicry made visible using an UV-Nikkor 105mm
Post by: Dr Klaus Schmitt on August 30, 2021, 17:11:12

My pleasure!