This may be breaking the rules since there are no real live critters, so if it is, please feel free to delete. I did this a few years back as part of my blacklight series. Plastic shark, plastic fish, plastic grass. Shot on velvia and no digital manipulation was used. The only light source in the room was three novelty blacklight fluorescent lights. The entire scene was hung upside down from a mesh screen using fine black thread. The colors of the objects glow under the blacklight just as a white shirt or your eyes and teeth would. Blacklight photography can be fun, but you get some really long exposures sometimes. The End...is here :D
Dave, Tell me more about this blacklight photography-sounds awesome! I love this I think it glows and you just gave me an idea!! Can you do it with a digital camera -I heard that Velvia brings out the blues, I never shot film so I have no idea of the differences-just things I've heard.Also You are free to try any image you like in OOTB -it won't get deleted!!Again no rules in this forum, just have fun with your creativity!!! I like the composition,colors and almost eaten fish!!
Denise, Thanks for the kind words. I haven't tried the blacklight with digital, but it should work. It goes like this. You must shoot in a darkened room so the ambient light doesn't affect the shot. Subject can be anything with a fluorescent or dayglo type color. My series was done mostly with cut glass with bits and pieces of fluorescent posterboard cut and placed in or under or behind the glass (anywhere where it can't be seen but will pick up the light). The cut glass will carry the color throughout. The lights themselves are fluorescent blacklight tubes that can be bought as a unit from places like Spencer gifts. The bulb should be marked with a BLB on it. I used 3 but 1 or 2 will get the job done. After setting up your shot, try to get a meter reading and then bracket away on either side + or -. You'll be looking at 1, 2 or 3 seconds in a lot of shots. This should be easier in digital. You can use black for a backround or even use full sheets of fluorescent posterboard if you want color. I'm not sure how you could set your white balance. The lights will make white surfaces blue to start with. It's fun to do and I've seen some really beautiful and quite colorful images done this way. Maybe I should load that series (or part of it) into my gallery :). If you have questions, I'll do my best to answer. I'm looking forward to what you can come up with.
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