[Theme] Pictorial UV

[Akira]

Akira: I sincerely hope you have more of those RTP 120 experiments to show

Bjørn, thanks for your kind words.  Unfortunately, these two are the only decent result I could obtain while the film was available.    However, I might still have some UV image on another film (Fuji Natura).  If I could dig one out, I would he happy to share here.  Please bear in mind that I don't have proper means of reproducing the print, and I could not gurarantee the image quality.

It is nice to see UV captures on film, is it still possible or did they discontinue all of the films that were sensitive to UV?

Charlie, unfortunately again, the Fuji RTP or RTP II has long been discontinued.  The Fuji ISO1600 negative film called "Natura" I briefly tested seems to be still in production.  But perhaps it is only available in Japan.

You may want to try some B&W films that are also known to be sensitive to UV.

[Bjørn Rørslett]

A recent Narcissus in UV. Or UV interpretation at least.

Nikon D3200, Nikon 28 mm f/2.8 SE, Baader U2" Venus filter.

[Bjørn Rørslett]

Landscapes tend to be hazy and bland in UV, but there are exceptions.

Shot en route to North Cape, Arctic  Norway. Panasonic GH-2, Coastal Optics 60 mm f/4 APO lens with Baader U2" (Venus) filter. I had set up for video that day, but took the opportunity to grab a few random stills in between the video activities.

[charlie]

Compelling landscape scene, Bjørn. I did not know you did video work as well.

[Bjørn Rørslett]

Only UV - on occasion.

[Bjørn Rørslett]

I cracked a wine flute that should not have been put into the dishwasher. Before throwing it away, I thought about illustrating Liebig's Law of Minimum Factors.

[Jakov Minić]

Bjørn, I am thoroughly enjoying all your UV photos.
If only it wasn't such a drag to create them...

[Bjørn Rørslett]

No problem: camera, lens, filter, suitable light, tripod, focus, shoot.

[Jakov Minić]

I feel it's only the camera, lens, filter part that's putting me off...

[Bjørn Rørslett]

Next time we meet and I have UV gear with me, you are most welcome to try it. That should remove the first sequence of missing parts on the list ....

[Bjørn Rørslett]

A pattern study of UV fields. 35 cm f/4.5 Nikkor.

[Jakov Minić]

You really do know how to get me hooked 

[Bjørn Rørslett]

I strive to do my best, as you are well aware of ...

A much more classic UV rendition of the first spring Tussilago farfara flowers in a tilled field on heavy clay. Just precisely the ideal biotope for this tough little spring rascal.

Nikon D40x, Nikkor 18 mm f/4 lens, Baader U2" filter, Broncolor flash.

[Bjørn Rørslett]

A non-typical scenery for UV photography: branches coated in ice and hoar frost along a small river in winter.

Nikon D3200, Nikon 50 mm f/1.8 SE (single coating, thus given long enough exposures, UV comes through)

[Bjørn Rørslett]

Deep into a narrow valley in Western Norway there is an installation of big mirrors. You drive fast around the bends of a bad dirt road in the middle of nowhere and suddenly they are there. No expectation. No explanation. No people around. Nothing. They just exist.

I discovered this location by happenstance many years ago and try to return whenever I come nearby. Over time the mirrors have deteriorated, one of the panes have cracked and last year all glass had fallen to the ground. You do enter a contemplative mood with such a subject and I have shot different versions so many times. Mostly in UV by some fluke I found out when I searched my archive.

This is a recent rendition, done with Nikon D200 and an Olympus 35 mm f/2.8 shift lens. Light quality down here at the valley floor often has a 'shaft' character to it of bundled sun rays able to penetrate into the gorge. Thus light and shades intertwine in a complex pattern. Perhaps that was the artist's reason of putting up the installation in the first place. I will never know, can only speculate.