A Peacock's Eye

georgedingwall · Post by **georgedingwall** » Sun Sep 10, 2006 3:24 am

Hi all,

That's a Peacock Butterfly's Eye.

The eye is a stack of 30 frames. The second image shows the whole butterfly.

Fuji F10 on Macro mode mode.

Bye for now.

beetleman · Post by **beetleman** » Sun Sep 10, 2006 4:45 am

I wonder why they have so much hair on their eyes

That is one beautiful stack and one beautiful butterfly George

georgedingwall · Post by **georgedingwall** » Sun Sep 10, 2006 5:30 am

Hi there,

beetleman wrote:I wonder why they have so much hair on their eyes That is one beautiful stack and one beautiful butterfly George

Thanks for the comments.

I've no Idea why any of them have hair on their eyes. Maybe it's to let them know they are touching something or perhaps the shadows cast by them tell them where the sun is or how about a filter system to prevent pollen settling on the surface of the eye.

I've tried searching on the web for an answer, but it's difficult to know what the question should be.

One of life's little mysteries.

Bye foe r now.

Ken Ramos · Post by **Ken Ramos** » Sun Sep 10, 2006 12:50 pm

Can't say as if I have ever seen one of those. Beautiful butterlfy but it has hairy eyeballs.