Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/09/16
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Absolutely. I agree. A fine technical macro shot of an eye. The "stars" are quite entertaining. If the intention was to have some fun and see what would happen; cool ? the cosmic reference; 2001 a space odyssey et al. Yet I find the "idea" of macro portraits compelling; and worthy of serious pursuit. Regards, George Lottermoser george at imagist.com http://www.imagist.com http://www.imagist.com/blog http://www.linkedin.com/in/imagist On Sep 16, 2010, at 10:04 PM, Alan Magayne-Roshak wrote: > Maybe not a portrait, but wow, I like the "stars" in conjunction with the > fabulous iris patterns. It does make me think of 2001. > I happened to get a similar self-portrait June 16, when testing my new > camera: > > <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Alan+Magayne-Roshak/Portraits/EyeBall_AMR_LX3_067.jpg.html> > > but it's not COSMIC, with the stars and swirls. > > That youtube link reminds me of the time when I was seven, and my father > took me to one of his classes at the Chicago College of Optometry (we > lived across the street) and I was grossed out by an instructional film of > the dissection of a fish eye. For some reason, the cow's eyeball in a jar > of formeldehyde that he kept in our apartment didn't seem to bother me. (!)