My Eye and Betty Martin

....whoever she was!
A new challenge - the eye! Sticking a camera against your eye, trying for focus while being half blind, doesn’t come easy. This one was Ok….. but - what are the fine red lines ( one is a heart which must mean something)? I can see letters in the iris. A ,“T’ and an “R’ hope the next one isn’t a ‘u’ then an ‘m’!
There is something called a ‘Lacrimal Caruncle’ which i didn’t show.

Three Good Things;
1. Managed to put the caravan cover on - involved a rake, filthy knees, and amazing skills!
2. My rat bait caught one! I did photograph it but then deleted the shot as it was so horrible!
3. The phrase appears to be a mystery!

[Dawn]

A fabulous close up

[Maggiemae]

@dawnee I got the description wrong when you first looked at it, Dawnee!

[KWind]

Fabulous close up!! I love the details you've captured!

[Leslie]

so is this your eye? So much clarity and imagines in the eye to see , you even got a hint of eye lash.

[Maggiemae]

@lesip Yes - unfortunately they are not lush and black! Never have been!

[The Intermittent Photographer aka Blue Rose]

Fascinating

[Thom Mitchell]

Spooky, but I like it!

[Pam Knowler]

Love this! I have always loved people's close ups of eyes which look so beautiful and have tried a few times and failed! That was other people's eyes - never thought to try to take my own! Lol! Fav! Lovely detail and reflections!

[Lou Ann]

This is wonderful! Oh my! "Look" at you! Smile.

[Bep]

Fascinating!

[Maggiemae]

@louannwarren I wasn't smiling but it would have been interesting to see what changed in the eye when I did smile!

[Kerry McCarthy]

Well done, amazingly sharp!

[Beryl Lloyd]

Fascinating such an amazing capture

[Babs]

Well done, I think I would have blinked at the wrong time if I'd tried this.

[Daisy Miller]

Cool close up shot. Fav

[katy]

Spectacular close up image of your eye… And Betty Martin! I specially like the heart shaped blood vessel and the alphabet in your iris.

[Tony]

Fantastic capture. Fav

[Maggiemae]

@grammyn I had to go to the bathroom mirror, Katy to see if I could see this and it was impossible to the naked eye - my eye was naked?

[Maggiemae]

@onewing Its easy not to blink if you concentrate Babs! I blink a lot normally!

[gloria jones]

Super close up and details :)

[Valerie Chesney]

Amazing what you have captured....you will have us all photographing our eye now! Clever you..Fav

[Maggiemae]

@happysnaps You know - i think everyones eyes are always different. I wonder if the left eye is the same as the right? This one is my right eye.

[Sally Ings]

Fabulous details.

[Yao RL]

Gosh, it sounds hurt and I can read the da vinci code from it.

[Ron]

Wow, what a unique idea! How I know why those eye scanner ID things work so well. This gives a whole new meaning to catch light!

[Maggiemae]

@yaorenliu You are more clever than I - being connected to the Da Vinci Code has to be good!

[Maggiemae]

@stray_shooter Yes Ron and they are scanning both eyes which are different - I have discovered!

[FBailey]

This was a great shot before I read your narrative - now I am doubly impressed, sounds so difficult. Well done!!

[Maggiemae]

@fbailey I stood in front of a window to get the best light but still not fine definition!

[tony gig]

Grand shot...Fav

[Margaret Obey]

Great close up.

[Maggiemae]

@ceilidh Thank you Margaret - are we all looking into the soul of me - that dark circle in the middle that goes right into my mind!

[FBailey]

@maggiemae I've just played at this using phone camera and have horrid blurry shots of eyelid - hats off to you!!!

[Maggiemae]

@fbailey I had the most terrible close-ups of my skin and my flappy eyelids. Just ignore them - crop them out quickly!

[katy]

@maggiemae LOL! Your eye was naked? My eye and Betty Martin!!!

[katy]

on the PP!!!

[Jennifer]

super close up!

[bruni]

It looks fascinating, but would it hurt your eye. I guess you've to make sure no flash is on.

[Maggiemae]

@bruni Goodness Bruni - the thought of a flash is horrifying! The camera is about 6 inches away, then I crop right down!

[bruni]

I might try it.. wonder if one would see my cataract in one eye. not bad enough yet to get rid of it.

[Maggiemae]

@bruni Get the focus right and you will see stuff in your eye you have never known about, Bruni!

[Pat Knowles]

A fascinating subject! Love the little fringe of eyelash against the sky. You have a really clear outline considering you had no idea whether younwerecin ficus or not! The caravan has been put to bed!

[Judith Johnson]

How on earth did you do this? Amazing!

[Ann H. LeFevre]

I like the reflection in this one.

[PhylM-S]

Amazing. I don't understand how you got this but you did and it's fantastic!

[aikimomm (phoebe)]

Yes, what Phyl said!

[Maggiemae]

@aikimomm @elatedpixie You just put the camera against the window (for good light) and stand in front of it - pretty near one eye. Then..... the most important part, when you have got a good focus, crop right down so that just the eye is displayed!

[Maggiemae]

@happypat Yes the cover is on but its got zips so that if we remember what we left in the caravan we can get at it!

[M. Brutus]

Wouldn't have thought that an eye would be so abstractly beautiful

[Maggiemae]

@mbrutus If you leave out the age of the skin and surrounds of the eye, it must be unique and will never change... a good reason to take the photo!

[Margaret Brown]

Great macro, like the selfie too!

[Lisa Pouncy]

Fabulous close up xx