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Look into my Eyes


Look into my Eyes
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Copyright: Len Robinson (lennoland) (26)
Genre: Animals
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2007-08-02
Categories: Insects
Camera: Nikon D70
Exposure: f/7.1
More Photo Info: [view]
Photo Version: Original Version
Date Submitted: 2007-08-22 4:37
Viewed: 552
Points: 4
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
It never ceases to amaze me how beautiful and fantastic insects are in close up.
Even this common fly looks like a metallic robot with stained glass wings.
So next time you are about to swat that pesky fly have a closer look first

Compound Eyes

One of the very earliest identifying features of insects is the compound eye, found only among the insects, the centipedes, the crustaceans, and the horseshoe crabs. The compound eye is composed a large number (generally a few hundred to thousands) of facets, each of which faces a slightly different direction than its neighbours. Each facet records a general impression of the colour and intensity of the light which comes from the direction in which it faces, but does not produce a complete image. Every facet is bound by is own optic nerve to the insect's brain and contributes one spot of light to the image, much as the pixels (picture elements) in the monitor in front of you are doing now or tiles do in a mosaic. The quality of the picture which an insect sees is determined by the resolution (number of facets) of its eyes, as is the case with a computer monitor. Shapes are much more clearly defined on a 1024x768-pixel monitor than are equal size shapes on a 320x240-pixel monitor. Most insects can see fairly well to a few feet, but not much beyond that. The farther away that an object is, the fewer facets that it covers and the poorer the resolution of the object. The compound eye system does not require and cannot incorporate a mechanism for focusing. The clarity or fuzziness of the image is determined by the number of facets, which is fixed, in the eye and by the insects distance from the object.
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Hi Len
This a very difficult subject to capture and you have done it very well. The colours and reflection on the wings are great. If I may just say though I think that you were a tad to close and looked through the body of the fly and caught his legs more than his eyes and body..maybe 2 or 3 stops lower would have got it sharp...That said an excellent informative note and thanks for sharing it.
Best Regards
Paul

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  • gannu Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 917 W: 4 N: 2282] (10648)
  • [2007-08-23 22:23]

Hello len, yes you hve taken this shot in a macro lens closeup beautifully. Welldone and tks for sharing. ganesh Smiley tomorw

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