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How does fading light affect color vision?
It's well known that the cones in retina are unable to distinguish colors in dark, leaving us only the monochrome softer vision provided by rods. And personal experience tells this "switch" to ...
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How do quirks of the human vision system affect photography?
When looking out at the world through our eyes, it's easy to take for granted that our perceptions are an absolute rendering of How Things Are. But in fact, it's not quite as simple as that.
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Does inattentional blindness prevent us from perceiving fresh photo opportunities?
See this article for a fascinating discussion of inattentional blindness: Inattentional Blindness and Conspicuity
It says in essence that our mind discards the majority of things we perceive before ...