A cropped image displaying Daipeem's eye. Granted, a whole new macro photo would have been best, but I didn't have time for that. Had I known this photo would have been featured on numerous websites, and win an image contest, I would have taken the time to do a real high-res macro. Daipeem is a European green toad, Bufo viridis. Here's his whole body: www.flickr.com/photos/furryscalyman/3633927491
This photo is also featured in the Encyclopedia of Life:
eol.org/pages/1019150
eol.org/content/page/eol_media_images
And on ScienceDaily.com:
www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/08/090824210040.htm
And NoCaptionNeeded.com:
www.nocaptionneeded.com/?p=3783
lleugh, Aloof Schipperke, e_monk, asmalldharma, and 22 other people added this photo to their favorites.
lleugh 47 months ago | reply
Fantastic love macro's of eyes. This was probably easier then getting him to hold still well you moved up on him with a camera.
Grinch 47 months ago | reply
cool!
Furryscaly 47 months ago | reply
Oh yeah, he moved quite a bit during this shoot, so I wasn't about to do that again. Plus I need a new white surface for my "studio"...although in retrospect, the background wouldn't matter much if all you can see is his eye.
dbarronoss 47 months ago | reply
The toad eye is VERY neat
oakum 47 months ago | reply
Congratulations! Please join Best of EOL Images and post your Winning Photo for. Contest007: Eyes
treegrow 46 months ago | reply
Science News: Tools Let Public Contribute To Massive Interactive Online Biodiversity Encyclopedia
Furryscaly 46 months ago | reply
Thanks for the heads up Kat!
treegrow 45 months ago | reply
and here's another one: No Caption Needed: Encyclopedia of Life
Furryscaly 45 months ago | reply
Thanks again! Ugh, had I known it would be used that many times, and at that size, I definitely would have taken a macro photo instead of using a cropped image.
Dogs4life 44 months ago | reply
Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Toadilly Toads, and we'd love to have this added to the group!
AWESOME!!
red_head_shan 43 months ago | reply
Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Eye Freckles ~~GROUP ICON CONTEST!~~, and we'd love to have this added to the group!
Mnemonix 36 months ago | reply
I'm green with envy. Great shot.
EncyclopediaOfLife 17 months ago | reply
Cyndy Parr commented on your image on the Encyclopedia of Life site:
Hey Matt, CNN used this image in their story about EOL on their Schools of Thought blog
Furryscaly 17 months ago | reply
Thanks for the heads up! That's pretty cool. Ugh, it's just a shame it's not a very high quality photo. I cropped this from another photo I took instead of taking a new close-up of just the eye.
Mike_t_by_the_sea 15 months ago | reply
amazing! The I
wildxplorer 2 months ago | reply
decommissioned sauron ? :P
JustUptown 4 weeks ago | reply
wonderful shot!