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DrPhotoMoto (a group admin) says:
27 May 12 - Flickrs most colorful group! This is a group to post photographs that demonstrate the wave phenomenon called Thin Film Interference (TFI.) If you see color that glimmers, blinks in and out, seems iridescent or glows, that color may be due to TFI.

Welcome to all 44 members. We now have over 300 images! Love that steady growth.
I accept shots that I feel 95% sure demonstrate TFI.
Feel free to give ideas about TFI or any aspects of how color is produced.

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Title Author Replies Latest Post
would a query thread be possible ? barliquin 1 4 months ago
What is Thin Film Interference? DrPhotoMoto 12 4 months ago
Introductions DrPhotoMoto 9 6 months ago
Advertise your group here. Or propose an idea for a group. DrPhotoMoto 1 6 months ago
Revised comment code Hairlover 3 8 months ago

About Thin Film Interference

Photographs demonstrating the phenomenon of Thin Film Interference.
Remember that TFI GIVES COLOR and MAKES IT GLOW!!

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<b>This photograph is a great example of Thin Film Interference - TFI

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Thanks for posting in Thin Film Interference - TFI Group</b>


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<b>This photograph is a great example of Thin Film Interference - TFI
Please consider posting your shot in TFI

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Thin Film Interference - TFI Group</b>

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Examples of Thin Film Interference are all around us. Here is one beautiful example recently submitted to the group by Ricardo Noltenius.
Suspended Bubble


Here is a beautiful shot of a jumping spider by Guido Bohne. It illustrates how the full spectrum of color can be displayed without pigment using the mechanism of thin-film interference.
Salticidae indet. from W-Java
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One of our members has suggested that open discussion to help explain how color is produced as in shots like this one.

"angel" in the cemetery at sunset

Please feel free to contribute your ideas and photographs in this thread. See the Discussion thread by Barliquin called Would a query thread be possible. Perhaps we have the makings for a new group.

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