I found this stick insect in my garden this morning, so grabbed a few shots with my 50mm macro. I think he/she was as interested in my camera as I was in it! Focus isn't perfect, but here they are...
Cheers,
Stephen
Last edited by StephenM; 21-02-2009 at 01:17 PM.
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Haha, amazing funny fellas for sure, well done Steve.
Are the eyes that entire large area (like a fly) then what are the little black dots, that look like little eyes??
Haha, amazing funny fellas for sure, well done Steve.
Are the eyes that entire large area (like a fly) then what are the little black dots, that look like little eyes??
Those little black dots on the eyes are called the false fovea. It's basically where the light that falls on the surface of the ommatidia (the individual lenses) appears to converge (within the cells) and cancel out. It actually moves around as the insect swivels it's head about....it's more optical illusion than anything else. Insects don't have a true fovea, like vertebrates.
Here's something that will explain how an insect's eyes work....compound eyes
Last edited by renormalised; 21-02-2009 at 08:35 PM.
Thanks for the comments Leon, Liz and Eddie. You're right Eddie, I don't have a flash for macro photography yet, so I'm relying on natural light.
And thanks for the info about compound eyes Renormalised - I was wondering the same thing as Liz, but hadn't got around to searching out the answer yet.
