December 2010

Kanjiro Blur

December 15, 2010 · 2 comments

After the eye surgery, when I first started exploring what I could see, or not, with my left eye, I went looking for color.  The first realization that I could see anything the least bit artistically interesting was when I studied the white flower of Camellia sasanqua ‘Apple Blossom’ after brushing against it in the [...]

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The Gas Bubble

December 9, 2010 · 4 comments

In order for the eye to heal after retina surgery, the doctors put a nitrous oxide gas bubble into the eye.  This is just enough pressure to hold the retina in place while it heals.  The bubble is the reason my eyesight is so blurry in the left eye. Depending on how I hold my [...]

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M’Eyes

December 8, 2010 · 13 comments

I have a one very unusual optic nerve – my left one.  I have often, rather flippantly, credited my career choice as a photographer to my optic nerve coloboma.  It has never been more than a fascinating curiosity to optometrists, until now, until Dr Richard McDonald of West Coast Retina began explaining the need for [...]

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