leaf disease, multispectral macro

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enricosavazzi
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leaf disease, multispectral macro

Post by enricosavazzi »

A leaf (Platanus sp.) disease (can anyone ID it?), horizontal field of view approx. 20 mm. This is a set of four pictures taken at the following approximate wavelengths:

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370 nm (near UV)

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385 nm (near UV)

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400-700 nm (visible range)

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850 nm (near IR)

One of the most interesting things for me is the strong contrast in near IR (most of the plant subjects I tried are uniformly light in this wavelength band) and the differentiated detail in the NIR, not quite visible at other wavelengths.

And in addition, another oddity I did not see until after posting: the background paper has a dot raster that in the UV is arranged parallel to the horizontal and vertical axes, but an oblique dot raster in the visible range (this is not a moiré effect). It seems the paper actually has two printed raster patterns, one visible only in the UV and the other only in the visible range. Neither is visible in the IR, which is quite common of printed ink.

Equipment: NUV/NIR enabled Panasonic G3 discussed at:
http://savazzi.freehostia.com/photograp ... ctral.html
modified Bowens 1500Pro discussed at:
http://savazzi.freehostia.com/photograp ... 00pro.html
Novoflex Noflexar 35mm f/3.5 discussed down the page at:
http://savazzi.freehostia.com/photograp ... ctral.html
Baader U and Schuler UV filters discussed at:
http://savazzi.freehostia.com/photography/baader_u.htm
http://savazzi.freehostia.com/photography/schuler.htm
and a no-name 850 nm near IR pass filter.
--ES

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Post by g4lab »

Quite interesting!

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