[filmscanners] Re: Filmscanners - is this about as good as itgets?

["Arthur Entlich" <artistic-1@shaw.ca>]

Actually, bees see UV not IR, and that is part of the problem with films
too, as the UV sensitivity is different from our eyes.  I've seen
pictures depicting how a bee sees, and it is very interesting.  Some
flowers actually, without changing their color in the human visual
spectrum, alter their UV transmission/reflection so the bees know when
they are producing nectar.

Art

Paul D. DeRocco wrote:

>>From: Robert55
>>
>>From time to time I find a picture of some very boring pink
>>flowers, which I
>>suppose I photographed because they were interesting blue flowers. Someone
>>who has more knowledge of flowers than I have (I don't know whether we are
>>talking about the same flowers) said this was because these flowers absorb
>>(don't reflect) UV light. If I understand this correctly this is somewhat
>>like using an UV-filter to eliminate blue haze in high mountains. It would
>>be interesting to know what effect (if any) a UV-filter has on a digital
>>camera
>>
>
> I've heard that what upsets the photography of some flowers is that they
> reflect a lot of infrared, which is picked up as red by some films or
> sensors. (Bees apparently see this range of color.) That's why the Minolta
> DiMage 7i camera added an IR filter--I guess some DiMage 7 owners
> complained.
>
> --
>
> Ciao,               Paul D. DeRocco
> Paul                mailto:pderocco@ix.netcom.com
>
>


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