A few nice eye make up for small eyes images I found:
Eyes of an Adult Female Phidippus putnami Jumping Spider
Image by Thomas Shahan
Here’s a shot of the Anterior Median and Anterior Lateral Eyes of an adult female Phidippus putnami. I actually found (and photographed – see here) this spider as a sub-adult on July 9th, and to my delight, a few weeks later – found her again as a matured adult!
She must have just molted as she was in absolutely immaculate condition – perfectly clean eyes, no lost scales, no messed up hair… and to top it all off – she was quite cooperative while I photographed her! Of course, (like nearly all salticids) she made a few leaps to the camera and my hands – but in general – she was pretty easy to work with. I was able to capture the image above once she backed up into a little "cave" in the folds of my t-shirt (which I had removed and layed out on a railing). Once she settled down and relaxed in the darkness, I very slowly and gently moved some of the cloth out of the way with my left hand (as seen in the reflection in her eyes) and proceeded to fire away with my right.
I realize many of my photos don’t really have imaginative or dynamic compositions, (I often fall into the trap of just photographing things centered, straight on, and level) but I don’t take these photos to create works of art – I take them to provide clear, accurate, and informative views of these astounding animals for the public. Understand that the subject is the source of the beauty and the photograph is completely secondary. The photo above (a crop) is a manual focus stack of 4 images taken at about 4:1 with the 28mm reversed on extension tubes at f/8.
Follow the link below for more images and information of this truly fantastic spider:
To read more about jumping spider vision on Wikipedia (with a photo of mine), go here:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jumping_spider#Vision
And Dr. Wayne Maddison has a fantastic page about salticid vision over at Tolweb here:
tolweb.org/accessory/Jumping_Spider_Vision?acc_id=1946
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In other news – a photo I took of the eyes of a female Maevia inclemens (here it is…) is going to be featured (in some manner or another) in the October issue of Popular Photography magazine! I’ll make sure to post a photo when the magazine comes out!
The Eye of the Tiger
Image by Stuck with my Camera
September 2013 – Tigers (Panthera Tigris) is the largest cat species and are magnificent creatures, majestic, noble, iconic, reaching a total body length of up to 3.3 m and weighing up to 306 kg. Tigers once ranged widely across Asia, from Turkey in the west to the eastern coast of Russia. Over the past 100 years, they have lost 93% of their historic range, and have been extirpated from southwest and central Asia, from the islands of Java and Bali, and from large areas of Southeast and Eastern Asia. All of the remaining six tiger subspecies have been classified as endangered by IUCN.
However, sadly, they are near extinction. Please support the efforts to save the tiger and the other magnificent creatures on our planet. Panthera is an amazing charity that tries to save the big cats. It’s head, Alan Rabinowitz is an amazing person, dedicating his life to these big cats. WWF for Nature does the same but for all animals. Across their range, tigers face unrelenting pressure from poaching, retaliatory killings and habitat loss. They are forced to compete for space with dense and often growing human populations. Current estimations say that tigers may become extinct in the next
Tigers have lost 93% of their historic range. Their habitat has been destroyed, degraded and fragmented by human activities, including the clearing of forests for agriculture and timber trade and development activities such as the building of road networks. Fewer tigers can survive in small, scattered islands of habitat, which lead to a higher risk of inbreeding. These small islands of habitat also make tigers more vulnerable to poaching.
Just something to think about…..
I took this in the Allwetterzoo Münster, an amazing zoo. Huge cages, amazing facilities. They have apes, monkeys, big cats, elephants, seals, penguins, wolves, birds to name a few. I went there and stayed until the sun started to sink. That created a lovely light, and I won’t forget some of those experiences.
Technical Mumbo Jumbo (The bit no-one ever reads!)
Camera: Nikon D3100
Lens: Nikon 70-300 f/4.5-5.6 (Shot at 300mm)
Tripod: None
ISO: 400 at f/7.1
Location: Shot in Allwetterzoo Münster, Germany – August2013, and post-processed at home – August 2013.
Software: Picasa
Technique and Details: Corrected exposure and cropped. Added some sharpeness.,
EYEFUL Magazine (February 1949) … Cat’s Eye (1985) …item 2.. Florida boat captain who lost his hand to an alligator is charged with illegally feeding the beast — Everglades City (29 July 2012) …
Image by marsmet524
A tabby cat travels across the city, becoming indirectly involved in three deadly incidents. It is based on three of Stephen King’s short stories, "The Ledge", "Quitters, Inc.", and "The General" (the first two appeared in his Night Shift story collection).
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img code photo…Cat’s Eye (1985 film) —- Theatrical poster
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—– Quitters, Inc. ….Cigarette smoker Dick Morrison (James Woods), recommended by a friend, joins Quitters, Inc. to kick his habit. Clinic counselor Dr. Vinnie Donatti (Alan King) explains the clinic’s uniquely persuasive method—if Dick smokes a cigarette, various horrors will befall his wife and child.
Using the cat that Donatti’s assistant Junk has caught in the street, Donatti demonstrates the first of these horrors: The cat is locked in a cage and given electric shocks. Donatti explains that if his new client should be caught with a cigarette, Dick’s family will be subjected to the same shocks while he is forced to watch.
Dick ultimately cannot resist the temptation, and his wife pays the price. The family then have a dinner party with friends but Dick discovers the women is missing a finger.
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—– The Ledge……Former tennis pro Johnny Norris (Robert Hays) is involved with a woman whose estranged but jealous husband is a crime boss, casino owner Cressner (Kenneth McMillan). Cressner, who will bet on anything, wins a wager that the cat will successfully cross the busy road outside his casino. He takes the cat home.
Cressner kidnaps Norris. As an amusing form of revenge, Cressner blackmails Norris into a dangerous ordeal: Norris must circumnavigate the exterior ledge of Cressner’s penthouse apartment in a gothic skyscraper. If he can make it all the way around, Cressner will grant his wife a divorce. If Norris refuses, Cressner will call the police and have him arrested for possession of drugs, which have been planted in Norris’ car.
Norris agrees. During the circumnavigation attempt Cressner appears on balconies and at windows to taunt and distract him. Despite Cressner’s efforts Norris makes it back to Cressner’s apartment and they engage in a fight which one of Cressner’s accomplices is shot and Norris is helped by the cat. Norris gains the upper hand and forces Cressner to do the circumnavigation himself. Cressner then comes across a pigeon and tries to kick it away but falls off the ledge and to his death watched by the cat.
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—– The General…..The cat is adopted by a little girl, Amanda (Drew Barrymore), who names him General. The cat runs afoul of the girl’s mother (Candy Clark), who believes he will harm their pet parrot.
Despite Amanda’s protests, the mother puts the cat out at night. As a consequence he is unable to protect Amanda from a malevolent troll that has also taken up residence in the house until he manages to find another way in. The troll kills the parrot and then tries to steal Amanda’s breath but General comes in and battles the troll but the troll escapes leaving Amanda and her parents to discover the death of the parrot. The parents are convinced that General killed the parrot but the father discovers a wound on the cat (caused by the trolls dagger in the fight) and starts to have doubts on the mother’s belief that the parrot caused the wound by pecking General.
General is then taken to the animal shelter by the mother and is scheduled to be euthanised the next day (by the mother’s request) but General escapes when given food and makes his way back the girls house.
General again battles and successfuly defeats the troll, causing a great deal of noise. The ruckus awakens her parents, who are initially incapable of getting to her, due to the door being blocked. Once they manage to get into her room, the girl explains to them that General saved her from the troll. The parents are at first unwilling to believe the story until part of the troll’s corpse is discovered as well as the dagger that caused General’s wound in the first battle. Amanda uses the justification that General will keep her safe in case others like her first assailant appear and General is allowed to stay inside at night to act as a protector for Amanda.
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…..item 1A)….. Cat’s Eye (1985 film) …
Cat’s Eye (also known as Stephen King’s Cat’s Eye) is a 1985 horror film directed by Lewis Teague and written by Stephen King. It is based on three of King’s short stories, "The Ledge", "Quitters, Inc.", and "The General" (the first two appeared in his Night Shift story collection).
The film is one of several written for the screen personally by King. Its cast includes Drew Barrymore, James Woods, Alan King, Robert Hays and Candy Clark.
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…..item 1B)…. youtube video….CAT’S EYE Trailer….1:24 minute video .. STEPHENKINGCHANNEL
www.youtube.com/watch?v=rBdshG0lWac
Uploaded by STEPHENKINGCHANNEL on Nov 17, 2008
Released: 1985
Cat’s Eye (also known as Stephen King’s Cat’s Eye) directed by Lewis Teague and written by Stephen King. It is based on King’s short stories The Ledge, Quitters, Inc., and The General (the former two appeared in his Night Shift story collection).
The film is centered on a cat that is seeking out a young girl (played by Drew Barrymore) in order to save her from a supernatural danger. In the process of looking for her, the cat is a witness to other strange events, such as a smoker who is forced to quit his habit by a bizarre organization, and a man who is forced to play a deadly game on the ledge of a building. Eventually, the cat finds the girl, only to come face to face with a troll who wishes to steal the soul of the girl.
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…..item 1C… youtube video….Cat’s Eye (1985): Part 1/10……10:00 minutes….bvseediermedia15
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…..item 1D)….youtube video…..Cat’s Eye (1985): Part 2/10….10 minutes….bvseediermedia15
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…..item 2)…. Mail Online … Daily Mail … Florida boat captain who lost his hand to an alligator is charged with illegally feeding the beast
By PAUL THOMPSON
PUBLISHED: 11:18 EST, 29 July 2012 | UPDATED: 11:43 EST, 29 July 2012
29 July 2012
www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2180636/Florida-Wallace-…
A Florida airboat captain who has his hand bitten off by an alligator has now been charged with unlawful feeding of the reptile.
Wallace Weatherholt was jailed after officials decided to press criminal charges over last month’s incident.
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img code photo … Wallace Weatherholt … Collier County Sheriff’s Office
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Insult to injury: Wallace Weatherholt lost his hand to an alligator and was arrested for feeding the beast
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The 63-year-old lost his right hand after an alligator leaped out of the water and bit off the limb.
The alligator was tracked down and killed, but doctors were unable to reattach the hand.
Holidaymakers on the airboat told wildlife officials Weatherholt had been dangling a fish over the water to entice the alligator.
It is a criminal offence to feed alligators.
Weatherholt,who works at Captain Doug’s Small Airport Tours in Everglades City, was with a party of six tourists when the attack occurred.
Despite losing his hand he was able to steer the airboat back to the base where he was rushed to hospital for emergency surgery.
Feeding gators is a second-degree misdemeanor in Florida.
More…
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Weatherholt was held in Collier County Jail on ,000 bond but has since posted out.
Alligator expert David Weathers said when gators are fed, they lose their natural fear of humans and are more likely to attack.
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Bad form: It’s common for swam boat tour guides to bait alligators for the paying passengers — even though the practice is illegal
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