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Achromatopsia (total color blindness) is a rare, bilateral inherited retinal degeneration affecting all three types of cone photoreceptor cells that results in reduced visual acuity, photophobia, hemeralopia, and severe loss of color discrimination.
Not sure which pic I wanted to share, so there are three. 1/3
(taken behind the shop at DarkendStare)
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A 35mm wide sectiion of a CD with water droplets......
Chromophobia: Fear of colors
Hydrophobia: Fear of water
and possibly Photophobia: Fear of light
"Photophobia describes intolerance to light or light sensitivity".
Taken with 7artisans 60mm f2.8 Macro
A hazy view from the dolerite crags of South Sister (833m) in the Nicholas Range toward the Huntsmans Cap (710m). North East Tasmania.
Leica Q2 Monochrom, Summilux 28mm f/1.7, 1/800th sec at f/10, ISO 200.
Didn't expect much from this shot given the Leica's apparent hard-light-photophobia but it worked well for a change.
Not sure which pic I wanted to share, so there are three. 2/3
(taken behind the shop at DarkendStare)
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WL: Raymond's Bright & Hazy Day
Light sensitivity or “photophobia” is common in people diagnosed with eye conditions or sight loss.
Light sensitivity is where the light level in the environment is too bright and causes discomfort. For some people, this discomfort can be extreme and can further reduce their usable vision.
Glare is where bright or reflected light can affect our ability to see or is uncomfortable to look at. Many people with low vision need more light than usual to read. However, too much or the wrong sort of light can cause problems with glare.
There are two types of glare; discomfort glare and disability glare.
What is discomfort glare?
Discomfort glare occurs when a light source is just too strong for our eyes. It may cause us to “screw up” or shade our eyes; it can even cause us to close our eyes. It makes us want to look away from the light source, because it is uncomfortable to look at, but it doesn’t cause a reduction in vision.
What is disability glare?
Disability glare reduces how well we can see. Disability glare can be caused by eye conditions and can occur with ordinary light sources and levels of light.
Disability glare doesn’t necessarily cause discomfort but can reduce how much detail we can see. This type of glare generally reduces contrast, making it difficult to distinguish objects.
www.rnib.org.uk/eye-health/eye-conditions/light-sensitivity
Candid street shot, Barcelona, Spain.
Not sure which pic I wanted to share, so there are three. 3/3
(taken behind the shop at DarkendStare)
maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/De%20la%20Lune/65/54/32
WL: Raymond's Bright & Hazy Day
The fear of light.
I am so ashamed of this picture. I hate it so much. But my original idea I spent like an hour editing and it SUCKED. So I had to retake something else and I was completely unmotivated..
I'm sorry, Flickaroos that this is so terrible.. :(
Explore #378, May 30, 2013
The Mall, Central Park, New York.
Canon EF 135mm f/2L USM
©2013 Patrick J Bayens
For the Macro Mondays challenge (March 21st 2016) "Inheritance"
There are three of us children, and we all need to wear sun specs outdoors ;o)
I guess that 'photophobia' or light sensitivity is an inherited trait in my family! Light blue eyes, fair skin and fair to ginger hair... between us we are no good at sun tans, and even worse at seeing in bright sunshine - even in winter!
I used to make a fashion statement of my dark specs, and collected so many pairs. Now I have light-sensitive prescription specs, so my magnificent collection sits in a drawer ;o)
I wasn't sure how to shoot a macro of something as large as my sun specs - so I set them upside down, and concentrated on the hinge, and let the shadow of the actual lens give the idea of the whole ....
My 2016 Macro Mondays set: 2016 Macro Mondays
Zeiss Macro lens Zeiss 50mm Makro lens
My Everyday Things set is here: Elisa Everyday Things
Strobist info: Sigma EF500 in reflective umbrella on camera right inside the window, on full power to balance with the outside noon sunlight.
White balance tweaked in postprocessing.
I'm back!!!!!
I've been doing a great deal of 'soul searching' these past few months.
For a long time now I've been really unhappy.
I started hating myself so much it hurt to even look in the mirror.
And when I did I didn't recognize the person looking back at me.
So I've taken a mental health break to see if I can't fix that.
And I'll tell you what...
It's been a hell of a ride!!!!!!!
But as Churchill said "If you're going through hell... Keep going"
As I've written before, in June last year I was taken ill and hospitalized with conversion disorder.
Some fucked up disorder that affects the brain and has many equally fucked up neurological symptoms, such as paralysis, slurred speech, loss of speech, joint pain, photophobia and my personal favourite hyperreflexia. (These are just some of the ones I've suffered. It varies from person to person)
I've had to change my whole approach to life in an attempt to overcome this disorder.
I was told by a clinical psychologist that I needed to refer myself for therapy.
As conversions disorder is the brains way of converting mental pain into physical symptoms.
There's no cure, drugs can't really treat it, only mask the effects.
In fact they don't really know how to treat it other than therapy.
So when someone tells you that something may help, you give it a go.
Because I'm a tiny bit of a perfectionist I was determined that I wasn't going to do a half arsed job, go in there, chat shit and walk away being the same person I went in as.
I wanted to change.
So I spent the past few months doing extensive work on myself and my lifestyle to achieve this.
And guess what....
I did change!
I've not done it alone. I had a fair few therapists, each with different skills.
I've learnt useful tools in dealing with anxiety and stress.
Met one of my closest friends through massage therapy,
and gave a lovely woman the courage to get back into practicing reiki.
And of course had a whole team of amazing friends to talk to and vent to (one lucky one got that pleasure every damn day! ha ha ha)
Along with all of that help and support I went deep inside my own head and started to rewire my brain....
Saw a youtube video explaining how to do it and thought 'why the hell not'.... what could possibly go wrong....
I changed the way I thought about myself
Changed the way I understood other people.
Hell I analyzed the shit out of everyone around me for months!
It was annoying as hell....
At times I was running on pure anxiety and fumes, but I shit you not....
I was on fire!
Life and people finally made sense.
I broke down behaviour patterns and cycles. Tore people apart on a psychological and sociological level.
I learnt about nutrition and how different chemicals in food affect us.
The brain and it's chemicals
I learn how to naturally heal and be healthy
I took on:
Reflexology
Aromatherapy
Chromotherapy
Meditation
Guided imagery
Self healing
Qigong (you know the thing 'chi gung' like Patrick Swazye in road house, mastered that fucker!)
Tai chi
and so much more random stress relieving shite
Life became one big jigsaw puzzle to me.
And by listening and hearing things that people said (and didn't say) I found that it helped my understanding of the biggest puzzle of all.
Me.
I've spent months pushing myself as hard as I could to change, because for a long time now I've had this feeling of being lost and broken...
I did this at such a fast rate, that I may have briefly broken my mind....
So they tell me anyway.
Not really sure if I believe that.
I personally believe that I unleashed my mind in a way I never dream possible.
I cracked codes and found what I was looking for.
I'm still in the midst processing the whole experience, but I know that inside me something has changed for the better.
Don't worry though.
I'm still the same fucking dickhead I've always been.
And still A BAT SHIT CRAZY, FUCKING INSANE MOTHER FUCKER!
Probably more so now than I was before.
Ha!
I just got my happy back :)