It's time that you saw the amazing macro world of animal eyes through the lens of the ultra-talented Suren Manvelyan.
Armenian photographer Suren Manvelyan lists physics, classical music, anthroposophy, and philosophy among his personal interests, but as a photographer he may be unmatched in one certain specialty: macro photography of animal eyes. Luckily, he's graciously agreed to let us share his spectacular images with you!
His Facebook and Instagram pages have hundreds of pictures posted on them, and this professional photographer has a list of creative photo projects a mile long.
According to his Facebook page, "For the past ten years Suren has also enjoyed teaching physics, mathematics, projective geometry and astronomy at the Yerevan Waldorf School." His close up photos of the human eye shows the intense spirit that his photographic interests span and the incredibly good reach that his own eye has through the lens.
Macro photography is commonly referred to as a unique form of taking photographs that involves close up pictures of small objects to make the finish product look life-sized. For us as hunters, this can help us to not only see the incredible beauty of the eyes of the animals we hunt, but to also get an idea of how our prey animals see us in the field.
Without getting into theoretical physics and mathematics (two of many other disciplines that Manvelyan also dabbles in), we'll just show you some of the excellent photographs and let you decide for yourself how amazing they really are.
Husky
Left eye of husky dog Hannah
Posted by Suren Manvelyan on Sunday, September 4, 2011
Caiman
Caiman eye.
Posted by Suren Manvelyan on Monday, September 5, 2011
Albino Tiger Python
Eye of tiger python (albino).
Posted by Suren Manvelyan on Tuesday, September 6, 2011
Black Rabbit
Eye of black rabbit.
Posted by Suren Manvelyan on Friday, September 9, 2011
Crocodile
Crocodile
Posted by Suren Manvelyan on Tuesday, September 13, 2011
Siam Cat
Siam cat
Posted by Suren Manvelyan on Monday, September 26, 2011
Sterlet (Sturgeon)
Guess whose eye?Answer: sterlet.
Posted by Suren Manvelyan on Thursday, September 29, 2011
Crayfish
Crayfish not only have good eyesight, but as with all crustaceans they can move their eyes independently from one another. Their compound eyes give them an almost 360 degree line of vision, and since they can see some colors such as blue and red, it's no wonder that they are so hard to catch.
Guess whose eye?Answer: crayfish
Posted by Suren Manvelyan on Friday, September 30, 2011
Horse
Another puzzle: would you like to guess?Answer: horse
Posted by Suren Manvelyan on Friday, September 30, 2011
Hyena
This one is really difficult to guess...Answer: hyena.
Posted by Suren Manvelyan on Saturday, October 1, 2011
Snail
I don't think that anybody will have problems to guess this one:)))
Posted by Suren Manvelyan on Sunday, October 2, 2011
Iguana
Time to guess owner...:))
Posted by Suren Manvelyan on Monday, October 3, 2011
Guinea Pig
Time to guess new eye!Guinea pig
Posted by Suren Manvelyan on Saturday, October 22, 2011
Stingray
Guess whos?
Posted by Suren Manvelyan on Monday, November 21, 2011
Sailfin Tang
Eye of corral fish Zebrasoma Veliferum
Posted by Suren Manvelyan on Wednesday, January 11, 2012
Lemur
Lemur catta
Posted by Suren Manvelyan on Sunday, March 18, 2012
Mongoose
Mangust
Posted by Suren Manvelyan on Monday, March 19, 2012
Blue-Yellow Macaw
Blue-yellow macaw parrot
Posted by Suren Manvelyan on Tuesday, March 20, 2012
Chimpanzee
Chimpanzee
Posted by Suren Manvelyan on Monday, May 7, 2012
Lark
Lark
Posted by Suren Manvelyan on Sunday, June 3, 2012
Duck
Duck
Posted by Suren Manvelyan on Sunday, July 8, 2012
White-Nose Macaque
White-nose macaque
Posted by Suren Manvelyan on Wednesday, August 22, 2012
Lama
Lama eye
Posted by Suren Manvelyan on Friday, November 30, 2012
Cow
Guess who's eye!
Posted by Suren Manvelyan on Tuesday, December 18, 2012
Pekinese
Would you like to guess the owner of this eye?
Posted by Suren Manvelyan on Saturday, December 22, 2012
Garden Boa
Garden boa
Posted by Suren Manvelyan on Wednesday, March 13, 2013
Gecko
Guess who's eye!
Posted by Suren Manvelyan on Thursday, March 14, 2013
Common Basilisk (Central American lizard)
The next challenge to guess
Posted by Suren Manvelyan on Friday, March 15, 2013
Tokay Gecko
One of the most amazing eyes I have ever photographed!Try to guess owner...
Posted by Suren Manvelyan on Tuesday, March 19, 2013
Chinchilla
Chinchinlla
Posted by Suren Manvelyan on Friday, March 22, 2013
Owl
OWL
Posted by Suren Manvelyan on Sunday, March 24, 2013
Fennec Fox
Fennec fox
Posted by Suren Manvelyan on Friday, March 29, 2013
Raven
Raven
Posted by Suren Manvelyan on Monday, April 1, 2013
Red-Eared Turtle
red eared TURTLE
Posted by Suren Manvelyan on Tuesday, April 2, 2013
Flying Possum
FLYING POSSUM
Posted by Suren Manvelyan on Wednesday, April 3, 2013
Hornbill
Whose eye?
Posted by Suren Manvelyan on Wednesday, April 10, 2013
Anoles Lizard
Next challenge!Not late to join photoschool:https://www.facebook.com/events/178937435587997/
Posted by Suren Manvelyan on Thursday, April 11, 2013
Parrot
Parrot
Posted by Suren Manvelyan on Saturday, April 13, 2013
Mouflon Sheep
Mouflon sheep have "binocular vision [that] is limited to a relatively small facial arc of 60 percent; only in this area can they see any depth of field; in the rest of their visual arc, mouflon can mainly just perceive movement."
Armenian muflonThanks to Yerevan Zoo for being so kind and for providing animals.
Posted by Suren Manvelyan on Sunday, April 14, 2013
Hippo
HippoThanks to Yerevan Zoo for being so kind and provide animals.
Posted by Suren Manvelyan on Sunday, April 21, 2013
Crane
CraneThanks to Yerevan Zoo for their support!
Posted by Suren Manvelyan on Thursday, April 25, 2013
Camel
Camel!Thanks to Yerevan Zoo!
Posted by Suren Manvelyan on Friday, April 26, 2013
Rhesus Monkey
Macaca rezusThanks to Yerevan Zoo!
Posted by Suren Manvelyan on Saturday, April 27, 2013
Black Kite
Black kite
Posted by Suren Manvelyan on Wednesday, May 1, 2013
Deer
Deer have a reduced ability to see colors, but one of their leading methods to defeat a hunter is the field of vision that they have which is much larger than a human being. Still, deer have about 20/40 vision, but even with wider set eyes that don't allow for sharpness, they do allow them to see more area. You can find more information right here.
David's deer
Posted by Suren Manvelyan on Monday, May 6, 2013
Peacock
Peacock
Posted by Suren Manvelyan on Thursday, May 9, 2013
Cobra
Cobra
Posted by Suren Manvelyan on Wednesday, May 15, 2013
White Doe
White doe
Posted by Suren Manvelyan on Tuesday, May 21, 2013
Cameroon Goat
Camerunian goat
Posted by Suren Manvelyan on Thursday, May 30, 2013
Gopher
Guess the owner!
Posted by Suren Manvelyan on Thursday, June 20, 2013
Red-Bellied Racer
SNAKE Dolichophis schmidti
Posted by Suren Manvelyan on Monday, July 22, 2013
Jackal
Guess the owner!P.S. You can see the bars of the cage reflected in the eye.
Posted by Suren Manvelyan on Monday, August 12, 2013
Little Owl
Owl Athene noctua
Posted by Suren Manvelyan on Monday, September 9, 2013
Rattlesnake
Rattlesnake
Posted by Suren Manvelyan on Saturday, December 14, 2013
Puffer Fish
Puffer fish
Posted by Suren Manvelyan on Wednesday, April 23, 2014
Scorpion Fish
Scorpion fish
Posted by Suren Manvelyan on Monday, April 28, 2014
Octopus
Octopus
Posted by Suren Manvelyan on Friday, May 9, 2014
Catfish
Catfish not only have good eyesight, but they can be very visual feeders as well, seeing particular colors very well, such as blue, pink, and chartreuse. Cats are sensitive to both light and dark, meaning an angler should always be aware of casting their shadow on the water while targeting them.
Catfish
Posted by Suren Manvelyan on Friday, June 6, 2014
Rockfish
Rockfish
Posted by Suren Manvelyan on Thursday, July 10, 2014
Thornback Ray
Thornback ray
Posted by Suren Manvelyan on Wednesday, July 16, 2014
Broomtail Wrasse
Broomtail wrasse fish
Posted by Suren Manvelyan on Wednesday, August 27, 2014
Lobster
Lobster
Posted by Suren Manvelyan on Saturday, November 22, 2014
School Shark
Can you guess the owner of this eye?(sorry for bad quality, it was really very difficult shot)???? ??????? ??? ???? ?? ????????? ? ?????????:
Posted by Suren Manvelyan on Sunday, November 29, 2015
Lionfish
Lionfish
Posted by Suren Manvelyan on Wednesday, December 30, 2015
Suren Manvelyan's stunning pictures have been published everywhere from the National Geographic, Nature, and Yahoo! to Die Zeit, The Sun, Daily Mail, and The Independent. Even the Telegraph, La Republica, Liberation, Guardian, Wired, Huffington Post, Discovery Magazine, The Shortlist, DT Magazine, and MAXIM have printed his amazing photos.
His photographic work of the human eye can also be seen on the Behance website under the category of "Your Beautiful Eyes." This amazing artist plays five different musical instruments including the guitar, cello, piano, block flute, and lyre. He also has taught physics, mathematics, projective geometry and astronomy at the Yerevan Waldorf School.
We can't thank Suren Manvelyan enough for sharing his beautiful pictures with us and we are waiting with bated breath for more!
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