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Harvestman under UV light - front, La Isla Escondida, Colombia After completing our bucket list item of photographing a UV-lit scorpion...<br /> <figure class="photo"><a href="https://www.jungledragon.com/image/71499/scorpion_under_uv_light_-_full_body_la_isla_escondida_colombia.html" title="Scorpion under UV light - full body, La Isla Escondida, Colombia"><img src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/media.jungledragon.com/images/2/71499_thumb.jpg?AWSAccessKeyId=05GMT0V3GWVNE7GGM1R2&Expires=1759968010&Signature=l%2Fjbwx5%2FwvxRRyxTf8pn0MoFDEQ%3D" width="200" height="134" alt="Scorpion under UV light - full body, La Isla Escondida, Colombia A bucket list item completed! We specifically bought a small UV torch beforehand to try and light up a scorpion like this under UV light. <br /> <br /> As for the making of: you need to shut down all regular lights, as the slightest shine of a regular light will ruin the effect (this scorpion in reality in brownish/orange). With only UV light shining on the subject, capturing it was still trickier than expected. The UV light was very weak, therefore I had to raise ISO to 6400, and that still granted a slow shutter speed. Furthermore, the torch had to be kept extremely close to the scorpion. Consumer UV torches being weak is mostly for safety reasons. Don&#039;t look into the beam or shine it at others!<br /> <br /> Besides creating this cool effect, the torch is also useful for tracking. This brown scorpion amidst piles of dead leafs would normally be impossible to track at night, yet it sticks out like a sore thumb with the light.<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/71496/scorpion_under_uv_light_la_isla_escondida_colombia.html<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/71497/scorpion_under_uv_light_-_head_la_isla_escondida_colombia.html<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/71498/scorpion_under_uv_light_-_sticking_out_la_isla_escondida_colombia.html<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/71500/scorpion_under_uv_light_-_front_la_isla_escondida_colombia.html Colombia,Colombia 2018,Colombia South,La Isla Escondida,Putumayo,Scorpion under ultra Violet light,South America,Ultra Violet Light,World" /></a></figure><br /> ...We moved on to try it on other subjects. The only creature also responding to UV was this awesome harvestman.<br /> <br /> After these 2 subjects, we passed the torch on to our local guide Brayan for him to keep. He spends most of his life in the jungle so it&#039;s much more useful that way. Colombia,Colombia 2018,Colombia South,Fall,Geotagged,La Isla Escondida,Putumayo,South America,Ultra Violet Light,World Click/tap to enlarge Promoted

Harvestman under UV light - front, La Isla Escondida, Colombia

After completing our bucket list item of photographing a UV-lit scorpion...

Scorpion under UV light - full body, La Isla Escondida, Colombia A bucket list item completed! We specifically bought a small UV torch beforehand to try and light up a scorpion like this under UV light. <br /> <br /> As for the making of: you need to shut down all regular lights, as the slightest shine of a regular light will ruin the effect (this scorpion in reality in brownish/orange). With only UV light shining on the subject, capturing it was still trickier than expected. The UV light was very weak, therefore I had to raise ISO to 6400, and that still granted a slow shutter speed. Furthermore, the torch had to be kept extremely close to the scorpion. Consumer UV torches being weak is mostly for safety reasons. Don't look into the beam or shine it at others!<br /> <br /> Besides creating this cool effect, the torch is also useful for tracking. This brown scorpion amidst piles of dead leafs would normally be impossible to track at night, yet it sticks out like a sore thumb with the light.<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/71496/scorpion_under_uv_light_la_isla_escondida_colombia.html<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/71497/scorpion_under_uv_light_-_head_la_isla_escondida_colombia.html<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/71498/scorpion_under_uv_light_-_sticking_out_la_isla_escondida_colombia.html<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/71500/scorpion_under_uv_light_-_front_la_isla_escondida_colombia.html Colombia,Colombia 2018,Colombia South,La Isla Escondida,Putumayo,Scorpion under ultra Violet light,South America,Ultra Violet Light,World

...We moved on to try it on other subjects. The only creature also responding to UV was this awesome harvestman.

After these 2 subjects, we passed the torch on to our local guide Brayan for him to keep. He spends most of his life in the jungle so it's much more useful that way.

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  1. View Ferdy Christant's profile
    Ferdy Christant
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    Note: collecting UV-lit photos under this new tag, let me know if I missed any:

    108Ultra Violet Light     Posted 6 years ago, modified 6 years ago
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    Christine Young
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    Just, WOW! Posted 6 years ago
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    Flown Kimmerling
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    Oh my! Posted 6 years ago
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    Barry
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    Incredible! Posted 6 years ago

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By Ferdy Christant

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Uploaded Dec 23, 2018. Captured Oct 19, 2018 20:36 in Orito, Putumayo, Colombia.
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  • NIKON D850
  • f/4.5
  • 1/50s
  • ISO6400
  • 105mm
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Captured in the fall. More fall photos.

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