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The eyes of a fly

Insects have compound eyes. Instead of one lens they see through two spheres with many lenses. But apart from that they also often have extra single lens eye on the front of the head. Each lens of the compound eye catches it's own image. The final image an insect sees is like a mosaic. The more lenses the compound eye bears the higher the resolution of the image. The two large spherical eyes of a fly give an almost complete 360 degree vision.

PUBLISHED: i-mag photography magazine
volume 3 number 1 issue 26 - page 17

Published in Belgium! (Het Nieuwsblad Newspaper - May 27, 2011 page 18, half page).

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Taken in: Philippines / Calabarzon / San Jose (show map)

Taken on: October 25, 2009

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Rancho Banaag

San Jose, Batangas

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Nikon SB400

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Camera: Nikon D200, f/2.8, 1/80 sec, 105mm (=157mm), ISO 100 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Nikon D200
Aperture:	f/2.8
Exposure Time:	0.013 sec (1/80)
Focal Length:	105mm (35mm equivalent: 157mm)
ISO:	100
Exposure Bias:	+1 EV
Flash:	Fired, Return detected
Exposure Program:	Manual
Exposure Mode:	Manual
Metering Mode:	Center-weighted average
White Balance:	Auto
Contrast:	Low
Saturation:	High
Sharpness:	Hard
Color Space:	sRGB
Software:	Adobe Photoshop CS2 Windows
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