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I Photographed The Invisible Light That Plants Emit

Craig Burrows

Photon-packing generalist photographer with a penchant for weird and surreal forms of light.

I’ve photographed hundreds of glowing
flowers since 2014 after seeing Oleksandr Holovachov’s work with
ultraviolet-induced visible fluorescence (UVIVF) photography.

Each time I do a set of UVIVF photos, it
starts with going out under the cover of darkness to snatch
unsuspecting flowers growing around the neighborhood. I rarely know what
to expect from a flower before I get it back to shoot. Some I think
will dazzle end up flopping, and others I am surprised by their colors
or light. Every one is a surprise!

In the same way a tee-shirt blue glows
under a black light, most organic material glows at least a little with
UV stimulation and in all kinds of colors. To make the most of it, I
make sure I’m working in the darkest environment I can and use a 365nm
light so the camera can’t see the UV light.

Any time the flowers are hit by
sunlight, they’re letting off their own glow in response and it’s simply
overwhelmed by the sunlight we can see. These photos capture something
we always see, but never can observe. More info: cpburrows.com|| H/T Bored Panda

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