Anyone ever suffered from being greened out by staring at green plants too long? It happens to me if I am looking at a mass of evergreen brush, rosemary bushes, a mass of fine foliaged trees, staring at the images of the above. That means my research and IDing capabilities go to zero too. This pheno…

I believe it’s a natural reaction of retina being exposed to too much light of one part of colour spectrum.

Oh, I already feel better. Thanks. There’s no greenout when exploring the desert, of course.

[image] bobasil: Anyone ever suffered from being greened out by staring at green plants too long? This is why I’ve become a zoologist.

I 'd like to as well, but the subjects of my interest are fast moving or flying. So I read about them on wikipedia.

[image] bobasil: the subjects of my interest are fast moving or flying So are mine :wink:

What do you mean by “greenout”? Is this a physical phenomenon or mental fatigue?

maybe a visual-mental, perceptive fatigue. Staring at many species of the same genus erases all perception of morphological difference.

hey, I just clicked on your profile,expecting to see bats in flight, but saw a list of frogs. Those are sure slow enough for my photo skills! :-)

Though I haven’t suffered greenout, I have experienced a more common version in which you look too much at a bright object, in most cases the sun with your eyelids closed, and all the “red cones” get worn out and for a little while afterward, everything seems to lack red and looks bluish instead.

Maybe in Israel :) In my experience with frogs in New Jersey, they’re skittish, terribly fast swimmers, and tough to sneak up on.

Greenout - has anyone experienced it?

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Greenout - has anyone experienced it?

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