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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.

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    7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It is. Many flowers have glowing pollen, especially ones in the sunflower family. The smaller one hasn't started opening its florets yet, but once it did, it would also be covered in pollen.

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    Jacques Beaugrand
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    7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    We can see the honey-guides used by bees to find where to forage the flower.

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    7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Definitely. This specific one shows them in visible light, but if you found a monochrome coreopsis, they'd be there. Sunflowers have the same guides. Interestingly, due to the dark coloration, plains coreopsis has been used for a very long time to make a muted yellow-red dye. I have personally used the flowers crushed in water as a substitute for watercolor and ink.

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    Lori Roman
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    7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    What a gift. Do you sell these photos? They are so inspiring and they just make you appreciate the world so much more.

    Sharon Taylor
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    7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    They look like the most beautiful unbelievably indescribable flowers I hope are in Heaven...

    Nancy E
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    7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I'm a gardener, & , I'll always remember these beauties !

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