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Frank Ashwood

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In macrophotography, one of the key tricks is to get the eyes of your subject in focus... But what do you do when the subject doesn't have eyes? You just aim for whatever they have instead! For example, this Oribatid mite's head has 'trichobothria' - pits with a thick sensory hair poking out. 🧪

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costrike's avatar costrike @costrike.bsky.social
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Or just add a pair

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franz's avatar franz @franzanth.bsky.social
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meanwhile there are species with too many eyes in too many different DOF planes

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Helen/Tina/Boob Punch's avatar Helen/Tina/Boob Punch @tinavstammy.bsky.social
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Nature is mad You got incredible clarity there! Thank you for sharing this. Fascinating.

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