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The Iris of An Eye

Kevin D Davis

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June 2nd, 2012 - 05:50 PM

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The Iris of An Eye

Quoted from Wikipedia; The iris (plural: irides or irises) is a thin, circular structure in the eye, responsible for controlling the diameter and size of the pupils and thus the amount of light reaching the retina. "Eye color" is the color of the iris, which in humans can be green, blue, or brown. In some cases it can be hazel (a combination of light brown, green and gold), grey, violet, or even pink. In response to the amount of light entering the eye, muscles attached to the iris expand or contract the aperture at the center of the iris, known as the pupil. The larger the pupil, the more light can enter.

Now you're wondering what does this have to do with photographic art? In photography, within 10 feet of your present position, there is an awesome picture if you know how to capture it. I am always not only aware of my surroundings, but looking around my position as I walk even behind me from time to time. I may have seen it before but it doesn't hurt to look back because there may have been something I missed. So based upon the fact that the larger the pupil, the more light can be enter, thus more things can be seen. I take that into a context of looking around me, to see more which allows me to possibly capture more.

Art is a difficult subject, as it is subjective in its own right. What you may see may be artistic to you but may not be to me, and vice versa. With every photograph I take, I give it a go and capture it in how I perceive it to be artistic in hopes that you will too. By the way, that's my iris in the picture.

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