Little and Large by danob
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Description
The eyes of butterflies are large spherical structures. These are compound eyes consisting of thousands of hexagonal shaped omatidea. Each omatidea, or miniscule sensor, is directed at a slightly different angle from the others. Collectively they are directed in every direction -- up, down, forwards, backwards, left and right. Because of this, butterflies are able to see in virtually every direction simultaneously.
There is a price to pay for having an exceedingly small brain and omnivision. Butterflies cannot focus their vision as what they see is at best a blur. Furthermore, they are sensitive to only the three most basic features of vision which would be light, colour and motion. Butterflies can distinguish night from day. They might distinguish colour along a very narrow band of the light spectrum. Hence a butterfly might see and feed from the nectar of a purple flower but be oblivious to the red flower nearby. Butterflies are also sensitive to movement. When you try to sneak up to photograph a butterfly it won't think, "Here comes Danny boy again". It would however be aware that something big out there is moving, getting closer and it's time to fly.
Comments (44)
Very beautiful macro shot, love butterflys....excellent done.
very beautiful butterflies!!!! Fantastic photo!!!!!
Cool info. I have found that very slow works (sometimes). Nice capture. ;-)
lovely capture. Thanks for the information too !
Wonderful image!!!
Wonderful colors and fantastic details. Excellent shot and thanks for the informations too.
superb image.... well worth the zoom.
Lovely capture!
very nice shot and you were lucky to get them so close, is that the cowslip that they are on? thanks for the info on them I never knew the had poor sight.
I Love it! Looks like Lantana flowers to me Decie
Beautiful, Danny, and it must have been difficult to capture two at the same time! One wonders how the scientists know just for sure how good/poor their vision is!
Nice little shot Dan, a slight deviation from your norm, but still winged creatures. The full size view is essential for this one i think !
Splendid composition and colors my friend
Beautiful capture...
ravissant !
They can't really see us but we can see them and their delicate beauty. A lovely photo. CC
lovely capture like always my friend 5+
Amazing macro, my friend!!! Two Beauty butterfly!!!
Wonderful photograph.
what a cool title, and such a wonderful sharp shot with a lot of details.....awesome patterns.....
I love the way these butterflies are patterned. Perfect capture of this super duo!
A fantastic capture, Danny and a joyful and colourful call to the return of Spring!
superb Danny!
Amazing photo of them here Danny, you really captured all the beauty of them at play mixed with the colours of nature
Splendid capture. Great contrasts in sizes. Bunny
Beautiful and now I am anxious for spring.
Das ist Richtig schön!!! Ich mag Schmetterlinge sehr sie sind schön zum Beobachten! :::::.-)
Excellent work, bravo!!
Awesome