Friday, 26th February 2010
Mantis Eyes
by Thomas Vignaud
Mantis shrimp vision is probably the best in the world. The complexity of their eyes can attest to it. Taken in New Caledonia.
Equipment: 5D2, 100mm
Thomas Vignaud
Website: Photos
Mantis Eyes by Thomas Vignaud was photo of the day on Friday, 26th February 2010. It is tagged Macro, Underwater. You can leave a comment below.
23 Comments
MATE
wow wat detail an amazing shot, the colors are so bright and vivid, great job
paul whitton
seriously close up!! great job, no mean feat to get a shot like that in focus!
Isabelle Norboge
Fantastic underwater world, merci Thomas.
Rajesh
Voila! Awesome.
Su
Stunning
Dalene
Seriously COOL!
Anurag
Hi Thomas, Great close up, but how good is the vision? Can you Quantify/elaborate
Pauline Jones
Amazing patterns in those complex eyes; wonderful technology. This close up is something special; keep them coming.
Thomas Vignaud
Thanks !
Anurag, check wikipedia at “mantis shrimp”, the article is really long about the eyes
best,
Wanda Krack
Wow is right! I’d be interested in how you were able to get this image. How close were you to the shrimp, and was it taken in water, and is the blue coloring natural? Great dof for a close-up lens.
PlanetLover
Fantastic colors and textures! It’s hard to tell what they are at first sight but those eyes are amazing, perfectly adapted, I’m sure, to the animal’s environment. Great photo, Thomas,as usual.
Grete
Super, super close-up, impressive shot! I have never seen something like this. Thanks for sharing us. My congratulations and greetings
renee
Another excellent shot by Thomas, well done!
Ellen Empson
Thomas,
THank you for bringing us the world to see that we would otherwise never encounter! WONDERFULLY fascinating!
mike
Wow, never seen a closeup of them.
Marie Dunphy Harding
This shot is fascinating! Good thing you told us what we were viewing. You are one amazing photographer !
reza
hi dear
nice shot but a litle bit stange
keep going
João Ganhão
Stunning colors and details! Great picture! Congrats!
susolov
Yikes!
phil
Take me to your leader
Katherine Lee Strassburg
This is absolutely amazing! I don’t think mankind will ever truly appreciate all the wonders of Mother Earth, but you surely give them insight into worlds unknown to most of us. Thank you for that.
renee
also the colors are stunning
Su
What wonderfully different views of our world you give us, I look forward to them.