Re: people

[Clive Warren <Clive.Warren@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

>Clive Warren wrote:
>
>> >Does anyone have experience with IR photography of darker
>> >skinned(non-caucasian) people:  Do you still get a "glow" effect around the
>> >person?  Why do blue eyes end up with a "bizarre" look and brown eyes
>> >generally turn out fairly normal?  Also, has anyone successfully used a
>> >Pentax ZX for IR photography?  Pentax said the entire ZX series would have
>> >potential leak problems/leaks through the back-
>> >--
>> >---
>> >Michelle Lord <theelords@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> >
>>
>> Hi Michelle,
>>
>> The blue eye effect is related to the fact that us blue eye types do not
>> have any pigment in our retinas.
>>
>> My friends tell me that people with blue eyes are bizarre anyway.......
>>
>> All the best,
>>
>>               Clive   http://clive.bel-epa.com
>
>Clive et al:
>
>    Blue-eyed people may be bizarre but they do have pigment in their retinas
>and  in their irises (the colored part of the eye). Blue-eyed persons do have
>less pigment in their irises than do those with brown eyes.
>
>Geoff
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>Neuroscience and Cell Biology
>Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
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Hi Geoff,

There we are, told you so ;-)

Thanks for the medical explanation - knew there was some pigment in there
somewhere - fought against using the term iris mentally for at least a
nanosecond when I posted.

My bizarre nature forced me to post a reply with total non-recall of those
physiology classes :-)

How about some physiological explanation of Michelle's experiences
photographing blue eyes with IR?



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