#Unique Galaxies

[xtruss]

Captivating Iris Photography Captures the Unique Galaxies Within Each of Our Eyes

— By Elizabeth Beiser | June 17, 2024 | Photographs By Mitchell Zeer & Iris Photography

We see the world through our eyes, but it turns out there's a whole world to see within our eyes. Photographers like Mitchell Zeer, founder of Iris Photo, are placing the spotlight on our mesmerizing orbs. Through macro photography, high-resolution images of our irises (the colored circle around our pupils) are transformed into otherworldly deserts and galaxies.

Irises are unique for each person, just like our fingerprints. On account of this, they are beginning to be used for identification and security purposes. However, its this distinctiveness that makes iris photography so intriguing. And unlike fingerprints, they are much more aesthetically engaging. In fact, each of our two irises are unique from each other as well. We typically distinguish between eyes by color: brown, blue, hazel, grey or green. Yet the base of all irises is blue. The amount and type of melanin added to it determines which color the irises appear. A lot of eumelanin equals dark brown eyes, whereas just a slight hint of pheomelanin adds a yellow tint, causing green eyes.

These macro photos enhance the eye to such a degree that the colors seem to separate so you can see the blue and the melanin layered above it as two different colors. Zeer's photographs also demonstrate that eyes of the same shade can look drastically different. The muscles and fibers of the iris create unique geographies that are then made more distinctive via the roughly 16 genes that determine melanin levels. Despite seeming like a complicated task, photographing the eye and printing art prints takes only 10 minutes at Iris Photo, a process that has been perfected since its inception.

Iris photography first became popular in Europe starting in 2012 when German photographer Felix Mayrl originated the process. Zeer, who had studied photography and psychology, opened his business in 2019. “We believe that every pair of eyes tells a story, a narrative of depth and individuality waiting to be captured,” Iris Photo states. “Our passion lies in the artistry of preserving these tales, transforming them into stunning pieces of high-gloss artwork.” Now, the Aussie company is opening franchises around the world with its first American outpost in Miami.

Mitchell Zeer And Iris Photography Take High-Resolution Photos of Eyes That Look Like Something From Outer Space.

In Only A Few Minutes, Irises Are Turned Into Highly Personal And Unique Art

Up To 79% of The World's Population has Brown Eyes, And Less Than 1% Have Gray Eyes.

Iris Photo Also Occasionally Edits Their Iris Photographs To More Directly Depict Galaxies or Explosions.

[ifaniscool]

[canisalbus]

I just wanna say that your gay dogs have singlehandedly rekindled my obsession with the Renaissance, help

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[grayintogreen]

Cosmo is a sixty year old probably immortal psychic dog who spent DAYS wandering around Knowhere crying to everyone who would listen that Kraglin called her a bad dog and everyone should go yell at him. She is so baby sister-coded.

[youngpsichichugemuscle]

[thegodemperorsmycopilot]

Horus Heresy Legionary Unique/Custom Helms.

Unknown provenance.

[loganslowdown4]

Galaxy petunias are a real thing

And I’m going to make sure Logan knows there’s a flower out there just for him

It’s the like the universe willed it into existence to make sure he knows he’s special 😭💙🖤

[morninkim]

"Years of fighting. Bots and Cons falling left and right. Dying on our behalf. No more. We settle this now, Megatron." "Just the two of us then? To the death? Ahh, brings me back to the pits all those centuries ago. Very well then, today will be the day the great Optimus Prime finally falls by my hand." "Only one of us is walking away from this rock functional, old friend. It will not be you."

~ Audio from Optimus Prime's remains at the sight of his final confrontation with Megatron that ended the Great War. circa 2003.

Audio encoded by Soundwave, Memory bank recovered by Ratchet

[starfightervicki]

You know what I love about Pakleds?

In some franchises, WE are the Pakleds.

Babylon 5. Who made the jump gates? Who knows? Who cares? Let's use 'em! Other species have artificial gravity tech and we don't? We'll stick something together anyway, and use it to make friends with the species that came thiiiis close to destroying us. And if our first four attempts at that end in disaster, we'll make a fifth.

Stargate. Stargate is "humans take alien tech we don't understand and find a way to use it: the movie: the show: the spin-off: the other spin-off."

Stargate lives and breathes humans using alien tech we couldn't make ourselves. And while we are the idiots of the galaxy, we also become a major player in galactic matters, with tech we couldn't make on our own.

Aliens are smart. We are not strong.

We don't let that stop us.

[riddlemewisp]

FELLAS HAVE WE SEEN THE NEW STAR LORD DESIGN ??? HOW NORMAL ARE WE ABOUT IT CAUSE I AM NOT

[inwhichiramble]

As I was watching the new Guardians trailer I was like oooohhh Peter and Nebula best friend excellence!! That’s awesome!! But I was nOT EXPECTING THAT LITTLE TIDBIT AT THE END, MR. QUILL, WHAT IS HAPPENING

[voidartisan]

I just noticed something that probably doesn't mean anything but fuels some of my ideas for fic details

Satine, during TCW: "...running hither and yon as if on a crusade!"

Obi-Wan, approximately 22 years later: "He feared you might follow old Obi-Wan on some damned-fool idealistic crusade like your father did."

[hatingfromacrackedscreen]

Ok we need to take about spaceships. I love sci-fi, and I love the CONCEPT of spaceships as much as the next guy, but we need to start being creative. A spaceship can be literally ANYTHING, so why can we only imagine them as giant hunks of metal? Our present is getting in the way of our imagination!!! Like look at these ships

They’re all gorgeous right! But also they’re all different archetypes of the same model. Let’s think big!!!!

Anyways this post was an excuse to post my favorite spaceship from all time, the Black Moon Clan’s ship from the second season of Sailor Moon:

LIKE????? Of COURSE a space ship can be a giant fucking crystal!!!!

LOOK AT THIS SHIT!!! LOOK HOW FOREBODING IT LOOKS DESCENDING ONTO HUMANITY FROM THE CLOUDS!!!

I’ve seen/read so much sci-fi, and yet not ONE of the space ships has this much creativity and uniqueness in design. And the interior too! (Ignore the crucified sailors they got better)

I’m so upset that I haven’t seen anything else play with the sci-fi genre w/ respect to spaceships as much as Sailor Moon did in 1993, which was literally 30 yrs ago 🙄

Hopefully we’ll have more open minds in the future

[grayrazor]

While it was neat to see a New Republic E-Wing in the Ahsoka trailer, I was never the biggest fan of the design.

I never hated it or anything, but to me it always kinda looked like a generic fighter from one of the countless 1980s Star Wars wanna-bes.

[patiak]

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[transmetal-tk]

Legacy Evolution Metalhawk obtains the Power of the Primes

This was supposed to be a quick joke digibash, but then I kept spending time on it until I couldn’t justify treating it as a joke anymore...