Pete Millis
Rotten Luck
I'm not usually one for the macro shots, but I saw this poor little chap rotting away in my Venus Flytrap and felt bad for him. His eyes have gone, and it made me think how horrendous it must be to not have the ability to see. I know one bloke who was in the army during the second world war - he woke up one morning and commented to his mates how the snow had turned pink, and within a few days he could see nothing at all. I met this bloke through my other hobby - amateur radio. He never expressed to me his pain at losing his sight, but instead celebrated the fact that radio had enabled him to be part of such a wide community while sitting at home or in the radio shack at St Dunstans. This was pre-internet and pre-talking computers days.
Technical stuff - this picture was taken using a Canon EOS 10D fitted with 28-80mm lens with just daylight for illumination. The white background is a sheet of white A4 printer paper propped between this part of the plant and the pot in which it is growing. ISO speed 200, shutter 1/45sec and f13 to give good DOF. Camera was hand held.
Rotten Luck
I'm not usually one for the macro shots, but I saw this poor little chap rotting away in my Venus Flytrap and felt bad for him. His eyes have gone, and it made me think how horrendous it must be to not have the ability to see. I know one bloke who was in the army during the second world war - he woke up one morning and commented to his mates how the snow had turned pink, and within a few days he could see nothing at all. I met this bloke through my other hobby - amateur radio. He never expressed to me his pain at losing his sight, but instead celebrated the fact that radio had enabled him to be part of such a wide community while sitting at home or in the radio shack at St Dunstans. This was pre-internet and pre-talking computers days.
Technical stuff - this picture was taken using a Canon EOS 10D fitted with 28-80mm lens with just daylight for illumination. The white background is a sheet of white A4 printer paper propped between this part of the plant and the pot in which it is growing. ISO speed 200, shutter 1/45sec and f13 to give good DOF. Camera was hand held.