UV (ultraviolet fluorescence) flower photography - How to take photos of glow in the dark flowers!

[@jillguest8446]

great effects - loved the video

[@creativephotofolk]

Thank you!

[@MarioJambor]

Thank you Hayley for this video. Your images are really awesome! Well, I am new to this and I have two questions: 1. How do you set the white balance in your camera when shooting in UV light? 2. Do you achieve good sharpness although you focus in visible light? Or is there any further adjustment needed?

[@creativephotofolk]

Thank you! I didn't change my white balance and in fact very rarely do. Focus is locked in with back button focus so it cannot change. I wouldn't use any other way of focusing. Then that, combined with the long exposure renders them quite sharp, provided nothing moves during the exposure as it's quite easy to get camera shake if the table or tripod is knocked. Also, if your lens has an image stabilisation feature make sure that's switched off because it can cause issues when your camera is on a tripod.

[@MarioJambor]

@@creativephotofolk Thank you very much!

[@manuelk.796]

Many thanks for your Video - it's really inspiring me. Today I got my torch and the results are great but do you shoot only in single mode bzw shoot one picture or do you stacked them together in manual Fokus mode ? best regards Manuel

[@creativephotofolk]

Excellent! I shot these as single images but you could absolutlely focus stack them for more depth if you wanted. You'd potentially need to keep the light in the same place for each image however, rather than painting around otherwise they may not blend so well.

[@manuelk.796]

@@creativephotofolk thank you so much for your reply. May I have you write an pm I have so many questions =) Maybe I could send you some of my first images. ? thank you in advance =) Manuel