Eyes and Science

I believe that our eyes are one the most effective tools for communicating our needs,thoughts and desires to others.Couple of weeks ago I started photographing macro images of eyes with my digital camera! I am aiming to photograph 100 pairs of eyes! I'll post the final image as a montage picture when it's ready. It might sounds a bit silly and you might ask me why do I want to do this or why 100 people?! Well this is something that I am going to explain later on!

At St Helens hospital I photograph back of the Eyes! The pictures are as surprising as they sounds. These photographs used for comparison,documentation,and sometimes to diagnose certain eye conditions.It is important to document the health of the optic nerve, vitreous, macula,retina and its blood vessels.

Part of my job is Fundus Photography.The digital camera I used it's not like the other ordinary camera. It's mounted to a microscope with intricate lenses and mirror.I am able to look at the back of the eyes by focusing light through the cornea,lens and pupil.

As I said earlier on photographing eyes is a new world of photography and I have to learn everything from the beginning. I attached two of my images: one macro and one fundus photograph of right eye for visual explanation :

Here is the explanations and diagram about different parts of eyes so hopefully it would make it easier to understand the medical names:

http://www.thirdeyehealth.com/eye-diagram.html

Cornea: The clear outer part of the eye's focusing system located at the front of the eye.

Fovea: The Centre of Macula;gives the sharpest vision

Iris:The coloured part of the eye that regulates the amount of light entering the eye.

Lens:Clear part of eye behind the Iris that helps to focus light on an image on the retina

Macular-small: Sensitive area of the retina that gives the central vision. located in centre of retina and Fovea

Optic nerve: The optic nerve transmits electrical impulses from the retina to brain.

Pupil: The opening at the centre of the Iris. This Iris adjust the size of pupil and contains the mount of light that enters eye.

Retina: Light sensitive tissue at the back of the eye. Retina converts light in to electrical impulses that are sent to the brain through the optic nerve.

Vitreous gel: A clear gel that fills the inside of the eye.