Hello from Newbie :)

[moggafogga]

Hi there,

 

my name is Martin and I´m a guy from germany. I started photography of the unvisible light about one year ago with some near-infrared captures. Therefore I used an unconverted Pentax K100D. I was very impressed how beautiful the world looks like at the end of the visible range. For a closer look into this world, I decided to buy a broadband converted Pentax K-r and some more filters. Now I have some experience in near-infrared photography and false colors. Up till now, the red filters 590nm and 645nm are my most used filters.

In the last months my interest in reflected UV photography become more and more pronounced. Therefore I bought - with advice of Steven from UVIRoptics - a UV-bandpass (Hoya U340) and a NIR-blocking filter (S8612) as a first step into ultraviolet world. In addition I found one of the various UV-friendly 35mm und 50mm lenses on ebay and now I´m ready to start my first attempts. As a beginner I hope to learn more and more from the community.

 

Regards, Martin

[colinbm]

Hi Martin

Welcome to UVP.

Your gallery on Flickr looks real good, & you can keep those ol' steamers coming too

Col

[nfoto]

Welcome aboard. Like Colin, I'm too a big fan of those old steam locomotives. Give them a try in UV

[moggafogga]

Thanks for your kind words.

I´m looking forward to capture some day one of these old steamers beyond visible light

[nfoto]

By the way, looking at your Flickr photos a noticed a UV image of a yellow flower of the Asteraceae. You asked for a name, and here it is: Helianthus tuberosus or Jerusalem Artichoke.

[moggafogga]

Thanks for feedback Bjørn :)

[Andrea B.]

Hello Martin - and welcome to UVP. I hope you enjoy it here. We are always happy to answer questions and help folks get started with UV photography. However, I think your UV flower fotos look very good so far. Looking forward to seeing you post here.

[moggafogga]

Thanks for your kind words Andrea :D The informations available on UVP are very helpful for beginners like me.

[A Stranger In The Wind]

All aboard. Welcome Martin. Like your IR shots of the locomotives. You should try UV shots too.