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I See You

            This dragon fly was resting on some ivy leaves very close to the ground in my daughter's garden. I have to do a belly shot!

 Some interesting facts on the compound eyes. 

The huge compound eyes of dragonflies are composed of up to 30,000 facets or little lenses. 

These compound eyes have a dorsal (upper) region that detects light directly from the sky above, and a ventral (under) region that collects light reflected off objects on the ground.

A dragonfly doesn't see as much detail as a human can, but its eyes and brain are extremely sensitive to motion. 

They can detect movements separated by 1/300th of a second! ( So one must keep really still when photographing them ).

To a dragonfly, a movie might look like a series of still pictures. 

Dragonflies have binocular vision, so they can judge distances.
 ( They can see you approaching ).

Studies are still being done on the way the dragonfly sees the world, but studies show that dragonflies have an incredible ability to see colors that humans can’t see, and in different shades and intensities, including ultraviolet light.

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Taken in: Australia / South Australia / Fullarton (show map)

Taken on: October 14, 2022

Tags:

nature

outdoors

dragon fly

Ivy leaves

daughter's garden

compound eyes

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Camera: Nikon D600, f/14.0, 1/80 sec, 105mm, ISO 2500 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Nikon D600
Lens:	AF-S VR Micro-Nikkor 105mm f/2.8G IF-ED
Aperture:	f/14.0
Exposure Time:	0.013 sec (1/80)
Focal Length:	105mm
ISO:	2500
Exposure Bias:	0 EV
Flash:	Off, Did not fire
Exposure Program:	Manual
Exposure Mode:	Manual
Metering Mode:	Multi-segment
White Balance:	Auto
Gain Control:	High gain up
Color Space:	sRGB
Software:	Ver.1.03
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