{"id":7831,"date":"2023-02-06T16:46:05","date_gmt":"2023-02-06T16:46:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/?p=7831"},"modified":"2023-02-06T16:46:05","modified_gmt":"2023-02-06T16:46:05","slug":"making-a-start-in-ultra-violet-fluorescence-photography-4-mould","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/?p=7831","title":{"rendered":"Making a start in Ultra Violet Fluorescence photography &#8211; 4: Mould"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>In my trials and tests while learning about Ultra-Violet (UV) photography I tried again with a mouldy cucumber (a different one this time!). I am learning to be a bit more methodical and was using a prepared background. Here are the results:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"396\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/F23_0178rF23_0177r-600x396.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7834\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/F23_0178rF23_0177r-600x396.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/F23_0178rF23_0177r-300x198.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/F23_0178rF23_0177r-150x99.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/F23_0178rF23_0177r-768x507.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/F23_0178rF23_0177r.jpg 908w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The end of a rotting cucumber fluorescing in UV light<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>This was a composite from 2 images as it is very difficult to get a completely consistent result painting with light. Note that some of the skin is fluorescing red. The next set is of a section of the same cucumber a few days later. Use the slider to see more or less of each image:<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"image-compare-viewer\" ><br>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/F23_0184r1-600x400.jpg\" alt=\"Mouldy cucumber in white light\"><br>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/F23_0185r1-600x400.jpg\" alt=\"Mouldy cucumber in UV light\"><br>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Finally I have created this composite view from the above two images:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/F23_0184r1F23_0185r1-dc64-600x400.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7840\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/F23_0184r1F23_0185r1-dc64-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/F23_0184r1F23_0185r1-dc64-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/F23_0184r1F23_0185r1-dc64-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/F23_0184r1F23_0185r1-dc64-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/F23_0184r1F23_0185r1-dc64.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Mouldy cucumber white light\/UV light composite<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Two lessons I have learnt from this is: 1) a black background would be better. 2) although I have tried to control the dust I need to do better &#8211; every tiny spec shows up! <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In my trials and tests while learning about Ultra-Violet (UV) photography I tried again with a mouldy cucumber (a different one this time!). I am learning to be a bit more methodical and was using a prepared background. Here are the results: This was a composite from 2 images as it is very difficult to &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/?p=7831\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Making a start in Ultra Violet Fluorescence photography &#8211; 4: Mould&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[103,129,3,128],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7831","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-before-after","category-fluorescence","category-photography","category-ultra-violet"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7831","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7831"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7831\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7843,"href":"https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7831\/revisions\/7843"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7831"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7831"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7831"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}