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22 August 2015 Roger Letourneau

Black Swallowtail under UV light

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A long story, continued: A friend, Roger Letourneau, happened to be in the Backyard Garden when I released the butterfly. I showed it to him and, as the butterfly was happy to sit relatively still on the flower head, we both took photos. Roger then produced a flashlight that he was experimenting with and soon discovered that butterfly wings glow under UV light. He took this amazing photo using a macro setting on a hand-held camera under very low light conditions. For anyone who is interested, the flashlight is an "LSD 3AAA Aluminium Invisible Blacklight Detection Ink Marker 21LED UV Ultra Violet Mini Portable Flashlight Torch Light Lamp" which sells for $5.97 on Amazon.ca" (SG)


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Ceya25-Aug-2015 07:28
Fantastic color effect! Very beautiful. V
Martin Lamoon24-Aug-2015 13:44
This is fantastic, a fine photograph, must try these lights.
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joseantonio24-Aug-2015 04:04
What an amazing effect....Very nice work and preentation.V
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