Fluorescence in the home

There are plenty of things around the house that fluoresce, often quite unexpected.

Food: Milk, bread, peanut butter, various oils, greens (lettuce, spinach, etc.)

Plants: Green leaves fluoresce red from the chlorophyll in the leaves, and some portions of some flowers also fluoresce.

If you purchased photography accessories you can try them out on these subjects. Your exposure settings in air will not be exactly the same as they will be underwater, but will be a good guideline as to where to start.

The photographs on this page were taken with a Nikon Coolpix 990 digital camera with a NightSea barrier filter, and an Ikelite Substrobe 300 fitted with the NightSea exciter filter.

All images © Charles Mazel Flower. White light on the left, fluorescence on the right. Note the red fluorescence of the green leaves.   Flower. White light on the left, fluorescence on the right. Note the red fluorescence of the green leaves.   Peanut oil in white light (left) and fluorescing (right).   Extra virgin olive oil in white light (left) and fluorescing (right).   Honey in white light (left) and fluorescing (right).   All images © Charles Mazel

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