Hello Kishen, Thanks. You are always ready with the information.
I will forward the newsletter to the group. However, I find this discussion centering around 'feeling of pain'. We all still admit that a damage to body parts does take place. What I was wondering was whether the use of intense light right near their eyes can leave an impairment to the eyes - pain apart. Btw, your note on Ceruleans mentions that you have not seen them basking in the sun. But I do have a picture of a Common Cerulean basking in the sun (shot in winter season).It is lost somewhere in archives because I did not think the picture had any significance. If & when I dig it out, I will send it to you. cheers - shyam --- On Mon, 8/1/11, Kishen Das <[email protected]> wrote: From: Kishen Das <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [ButterflyIndia] Use of Flash in photographing butterflies / insects To: [email protected] Date: Monday, August 1, 2011, 11:31 PM You can also go through a discussion on insect pain receptors that I had in my newsletter -> http://www.flutters.org/home/docs/issue5.pdf Kishen On Mon, Aug 1, 2011 at 9:21 AM, SHYAM GHATE <[email protected]> wrote: hello all, We were having a little discussion on our HOPE e-group on whether use of flash can cause temporary blinding / permanent damage to the eyes of butterflies / insects. As we all know, the camera manuals strictly advise against using it directly into human faces -especially children One of the members, Rasika Joshi, could find only the following link on the subject on the net: http://photo.net/nature-photography-forum/005pkD We would welcome receiving some specific scientific information on the subject if available. -shyam ghate -- Enjoy
