Digital BW, The Print

bgs,

It used to be hunting that probably led to the development of our eyesight. 
Now, as long as we can read the supermarket labels at 2ft, we get fed.

Human eyesight is possibly declining now since there is no longer any 
selection pressure for good eyesight, with corrective glasses available to 
most. Except perhaps on the roads, where drivers with poor eyesight might 
get killed off earlier (if they are not wearing their glasses).

Other animals exceed our abilities in many respects, we don't have a very 
good sense of smell, we have relatively poor eyesight, we can't run very 
fast, we are very vulnerable in our early years, etc, etc. The main thing we 
are good at is killing other animals, which is why we are 'numero uno' on 
the planet - at present.

But this is getting rather OT, so I'll shut up, and look out the window at 
this beautiful sunset. I don't somehow think it would be as nice in B&W!

Bob Frost.


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From: "bgs" <bgs@...>



By your reasoning we are more primitive than hawks, eagles, etc. because
they have more cones in their eyes than we do. They see color much better
than we do. For them it's hunting not photography.