Amazing Eye Macros (23 Pictures)
By Village Mayor • Mar 17th, 2009 • Category: Animals, Latest Post, Photography, The Best of Village of Joy, Weird“The eyes are the mirror of the soul” – says an old Yiddish proverb. And that’s true! But do animals have a soul? Look at their eye extreme close-ups and try to see one.
A close-up lens (or diopter) enables the camera to focus closer than it normally can. While stacking bunches of close-ups can give you some great shots with good magnification, stacking more than 2-3 lenses might not be really worth it.
There is a technique involving reversing a lens to gain magnification. It is sometimes even called “a poor man’s macro”. If you’re a happy camera owner and are interested in macro photography you might wanna check these books: John Shaw’s Closeups in Nature (Practical Photography Books)
Fly’s Eyes
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Another Fly
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Wow, someone likes eating at Mc’Donalds.
And Another….
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Electron Micrograph of Fly’s Eyes
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A scanning electron micrograph of a close-up of a Drosophila fly’s eye. The structure of the eye, similar to many other insects, is termed a compound eye and is one of the most precise and ordered patterns in Biology.
Those things in their eyes looks like spear-heads! Have anyone of you tried touching fly’s eyes? You would probably start bleeding.
Dragonfly (Common Darter)
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Dragonfly (Common Darter)
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Emperor Dragonfly (Anax imperator) male
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Dragonfly (Crying?)
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Poor little guy.. Who did it to you?
Face of a Southern Yellowjacket Queen (Vespula squamosa)
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This one is so perfect, my favorite one! such a beauty…
Blue Banded Bee
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A Solitary Bee’s Eye
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Hoverfly
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Jumping Spiders Close-ups
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Human Eyes
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Just look at those strange patters in human’s eyes. Weird, huh? Our eyes are not as solid as I thought they were.
Caterpillar
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What the?? Is this his eyes? Because it seems so 2D.
Frog’s Eye
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Cat’s Eye
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House Ant
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Ant Lion
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“Disco night at the Ant Lion nest!” (comment by GoldenGlovez from Digg)
PS.: If you enjoyed this post, you can find more eye macros here: 20 Incredible Eye Macros (part of them were used in this article)
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September 2nd, 2009 at 9:15 am
Wow the language of evolution is amazing. I want to learn all about how these pictures were taken – I have a macro feature on my camera but I have no idea how or when to use it!
August 26th, 2009 at 9:50 am
This is an incredible series of eyes!
Pin sharp and excellent colors. We are very impressed!
Great work!
August 12th, 2009 at 10:10 am
greattttttttttttttttttttt effort ,i ove alll the pictures…………………..doin a great job.
August 11th, 2009 at 5:02 pm
I have a few questions for all of you “ID” proponents on here. If the creator is such an all knowing and flawless designer than why are there so many creatures with far more primitive eyes than our own. Why would flatworms and some other invertebrates have simple light receptors with no image recognition whatsoever? Why would insects have compound eyes that see the world as a faceted kaleidoscope? why would the chambered nautilus have a pinhole style eye with no lens? Why would many subterranean organisms have eyes that don’t work at all? Why would he give eagles keener vision than the being he made in his own image. Why would he give bees the ability to see into the ultraviolet spectrum but not us? Why are most mammals incapable of seeing in full color? Why are some people color blind or worse, completely blind? Is he on some sort of divine creation budget where he has to cut corners all the time? Is his quality control really total crap? Did he just screw up on several occasions because he was lazy? Does he just not really care about the quality of several of his product? Does he just like to dick over some of his creations out of spite?
My guess is no. My guess is they weren’t designed by some omniscient omnipotent being. They evolved! Get over it!
August 6th, 2009 at 1:32 pm
think about the creator of all these creatures for a while. dont just look at them.
June 29th, 2009 at 5:08 pm
Wonderful Pictures just demonstrating how evolution has micro-variations to suit very particular circumstances.
Wonder-ful.
By the way SAKA is this the same god that created the tsetse fly which carries trypanosomes (the disease agents causing human sleeping sickness and animal trypanosomosis).
If untreated, the disease slowly overcomes the defenses of the infected person, and symptoms spread to include anemia, endocrine, cardiac, and kidney diseases and disorders.
There are no effective vaccines, and the drugs used to treat this disease are difficult to administer and often toxic. Untreated cases have a 100% mortality rate.
June 26th, 2009 at 5:58 am
Great work. This is the real value of an invention of camera. One should know his creator’s work. Great God is almighty and owner of all science and knowledge. Yes he is.
Thank you very much for getting us such a beautiful images. Appreciating your work.
June 23rd, 2009 at 3:04 pm
I love macro images. Am I the only one or do the human eyes rather look chaotic and unstrcutred compared to the insects? Maybe these individuals are sick, provided iris diagnosis holds any merit. Either way it does make you wonder if we’re really the superior species.
June 9th, 2009 at 7:22 pm
“Intelligent design”
If GOD created everything then he must be the most powerfull being in the universe.
So who created GOD?
A more powerful being than GOD?
Or was GOD the result of evolution?
June 2nd, 2009 at 3:14 am
no words… its jus awesome….
May 29th, 2009 at 10:57 pm
This is Truly Amazing, educational .. and i never saw something like this before
May 17th, 2009 at 8:14 pm
Steve- you said-”How could such incredible DESIGN be the result of merely chance and time?..”
I actually agree there is ‘more’ to the universe than we know, and have a feeling it was all…sorta planned.
But, as incredible as the eye is, evolution DOES NOT simply work with chance and time.
There is also NEED. There are changes in environment. Always changes and challenges.
And a billion or so years really is quite alot of Sundays, in which Mother Nature can try out different thing until one works.
I think the original materials, perhaps the big bang, may be the result of an Entity.
But the rest is simply the amazingness of nature and life doing what it does.
May 16th, 2009 at 8:29 am
I think it was Darwin that admitted that the eye was a big problem for evolution. How could such incredible DESIGN be the result of merely chance and time? Which part of this complex organ could be removed so as to have an intermediate form? I don’t think so. Just admit it – there is a Creative Intelligence out and above; the cosmos is NOT all there is; all there has been; and all there ever will be. Poor Carl Sagan spent all that time looking up when he could have just looked down.
April 30th, 2009 at 3:52 pm
Fantastic pictures!! This is the first time I visit your blog, you put together a great post!
April 24th, 2009 at 1:37 am
Absolutely brilliant
April 12th, 2009 at 2:11 pm
Some absolutely incredible photography moments. Interesting how detailed and complex such tiny organisms really are.
April 9th, 2009 at 8:30 pm
sure am glad I don’t see them this size, never be able to step on them
April 4th, 2009 at 11:31 am
This is Truly Amazing, educational .. and i never saw something like this before …
KEwl ..
April 1st, 2009 at 10:51 am
Its truely amazing and educational
March 30th, 2009 at 8:56 pm
haha,2D eyes!!!
March 30th, 2009 at 4:24 pm
Great pictures! Between the 2 human eyes, was the first one younger than the second one? Is looks like the stretchy material in the iris started to break down and clump together in the second eye.
March 28th, 2009 at 3:12 pm
Creepy but cool….. no comparison to the human eyes…. they have their own attraction….
March 28th, 2009 at 6:36 am
Amazing creepy crawlies! Sort of like a car wreck, can’t help but look at it even though you don’t want to see some of them. They are honestly gorgeous works of art. Very fine work went into these.
March 27th, 2009 at 8:22 pm
Who said humans are the most evolved species? Reptiles are the most evolved, but granted insects are not far behind. These pics are gorgeous. Thanks for posting them.
March 27th, 2009 at 2:09 pm
These are very beautiful, I suggest we enjoy them for what they are as in the future we may be discriminated against for the color of our eyes just like skin. Both of which we have no control over. Thank you for the beauty.
March 25th, 2009 at 5:48 pm
What about Bette Davis’ eyes…?
March 25th, 2009 at 2:03 pm
Eyes have always been my fascination. These are beautiful pictures. AWESOME!!
March 25th, 2009 at 8:21 am
Wow, that is amazing. In my opinion, eyes are some of the most beautiful things in the world.
March 25th, 2009 at 1:21 am
And we talk about cloning. Do scientists have any clue to Nature !!!! Are we humans really the most evolved living beings or are these beliefs a result of what we have been taught. I think that pictures such as these are ones that leave one in complete awe of NATURE> Fantastic and amonst the best that I have come accross on the subject.
March 24th, 2009 at 9:03 pm
Jehovah’s creation is a beautiful thing. We have only just begun to understand it.
March 24th, 2009 at 4:49 am
Splendid pictures. What kind of hardware did you use ?
March 24th, 2009 at 12:24 am
Wonderful Pictures Really amazing… Thanks…..
March 23rd, 2009 at 5:07 pm
wow i love the pics i love the dragon flies and humans too.
March 23rd, 2009 at 11:49 am
Hey…amazing pictures, i would love to know what u used to take these pictures, also do u have any ideas to remove the glare of the flash in a human eye… i’ve been trying to take one which dosent have the reflection of light for days now
March 23rd, 2009 at 7:16 am
Evolution is an amazing thing.
March 23rd, 2009 at 3:28 am
Incredible designs
March 23rd, 2009 at 12:44 am
Those are just amazing! Makes you wonder what else we are missing out on because it’s just so small!
March 23rd, 2009 at 12:17 am
Awesome, I love the pics!
March 23rd, 2009 at 12:15 am
The electron micrograph picture reminds me of some of the more exotic rattan furniture designs we’ve done over the years! That, or some combination of leather & bamboo….really crazy stuff!
March 23rd, 2009 at 12:14 am
Very cool — but are those human eye patterns really common? They look like mutations or highly unusual structural formations at a minimum….
March 22nd, 2009 at 7:42 pm
very cool pics. not so cool coment on punctuation-this isn’t the forum for such rude comentary.
March 22nd, 2009 at 4:55 pm
very nice pictures indeed. you’re a master.
March 22nd, 2009 at 4:41 pm
Thanks for the extreme closeups!
March 22nd, 2009 at 2:17 am
Excellent shots!
March 22nd, 2009 at 1:16 am
In response to the comment the poster made about the caterpillar’s eyes looking 2d. It’s because those arent it’s eyes they are just to confuse predators. It’s eyes are actually inside the folds by it’s head. Great collection of shots though. Thanks.
March 21st, 2009 at 11:10 pm
Its an amazing world out there. Those insect’s eyes looks frightening yet I suppose mother nature has given such eyes to different creatures, to each for its survivability and according to its different needs.
March 21st, 2009 at 10:33 pm
Hey David, what’s plural for “close-up”?
March 21st, 2009 at 10:21 pm
Hugely amazing pic….creepy a lil. but awsome
March 21st, 2009 at 7:09 pm
cool! jumping spiders! they have shiny eyes…all of the pics are terrific, but jumping spiders RULE. Love ‘em.
March 21st, 2009 at 6:00 pm
iit’s really very intresting, i like it.