Hey!

Have you ever wondered if you could use an UV lamp as an external light source for photography?

Well, yes you could, if you don't mind one small caveat...

Everything is pretty much red... :)

You might think you can change the white balance in post...

...but...

...you'll ultimately have to settle for pretty much black and white images!

(The second photo is the exact same image, only with white balance corrected.)

This is the stuff of spy movies with those night vision goggles and all. The idea is to flush the scene with invisible UV-light, so that only the camera sensor can detect the light bouncing back from the objects, and then process the image into white balanced format (or even one that's almost entirely green) that is easier to see with plain eyes. The original red image is harder for our eyes, since our eyes have adapted to seeing green and blue, the daylight colours better. Reducing all the colours and making the photo monochrome will actually help us see it more clearly.

Okay, that's my 2 steemcents for science. See you guys with another photo soon! :)

P.S. Can you see how our snake Kiemurainen has created some remarkably visible tunnels and routes into its peat mixture. She did it all in the same 30 minute period I was in the grocery today. Cool! :)

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