The Four Ages Of Sand

Bird's eye reflections and the plural of Iris

I posted this female blackbird before

 

but now I look closer at its eyes, I see that they have the same irises as people. And I LOVE seeing the landscape reflected in a bird's eye:

Irises? It didn't look right, so I checked on Wikipedia. The plural of Iris? Irides! That's just silly.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iris_(anatomy)

Hide in a squirrel's eye

There wasn't much light, so the quality of the image isn't great:

But I like it because you can see the hide I was er hiding in, reflected in its eye. On the right of the reflection is the feeder and the branch it was hanging from is at the top. At the bottom is the hide, with 3 trees behind it:

 

Canada Goose reflections

I like this one:

 

because you can see the surrounding scenery reflected in its eye:

 

At last...

I've been trying to get a decent shot of a spider's eyes for years, but they are so tiny that "normal" macro just wouldn't cut it.

Now with Microscope - Nikon - Macro lens Set up, and Zerene Stacking software...new doors are opening.

This is a (double gulp) 135 image stack of remotely triggered long exposures.

It took an evening, but she was worth it. What a beauty!

And look at those reflections. You can see the table lamp (yellow light) at the top of the eyes and pen-torch light (blue) at the bottom. Also notice the not so beautiful double eyes on each side of its head.

Refections in a spider's eye

Not particularly good photos, but I like them because you can see reflections in the spider's eyes:

 

Singing Dunnock

Dunnocks REALLY like to sing, and if you approach slowly they let you get quite close:

Sometimes you can get VERY close, and even see the reflections in their eyes:


 

Photoshopped cloud

This was just before a storm broke on Thursday afternoon:

This looks Photoshopped too but it's not. What's going on? See below 

   

It's a reflection of the same scene in a puddle

Reflections in a blackbird's eye

Mandarin Duck upside down

Mandarin Duck in the Town Park, Enfield:

Stuart Special: Trinity College Sculpture

Nice pic, and you can see the reflection of Stuart taking it;