Adding UV Light

A couple of months ago I got a new focus torch.  It’s a Scubalamp F24.  I had been using a Fixeye Fix Neo which is good in its own right but I swapped it out for one reason: the F24 has a blue and a UV pink/purple light.  The UV makes white and yellow glow, just like a black light on a white t-shirt.  This adds a little something into the photo that I like, even when I flash over the top of the subject with my strobe.  If I notice that the subject has some white in it and isn’t scared off by bright light, I turn on the UV.

You’ll agree with the results….

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Loving my pink UV torch. #underwaterphoto #underwatermacro #supermacro #diving #nauticam #lumixg9 #Tulamben #indonesia

A post shared by Michael Smith (@ryzhe.kuznetsov) on May 27, 2018 at 12:38pm PDT

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Tiny little guy. But white body means UV light. =) #underwaterphoto #underwatermacro #supermacro #Tulamben #bali #indonesia #nauticam #lumixg9

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Nudie. Eggs. Pink UV focus light. Awesome. #Tulamben #underwaterphoto #underwatermacro #supermacro #diving #nauticam #lumixg9

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Bull horns. Nembrotha nudibranch. #diving #gekodivebali #padangbai #bali #underwaterphoto #underwatermacro #nauticam #lumixg9

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See you underwater!!!

–Mike