How cats see the world in Instagram-vision: Fascinating photographs show what felines see better - and worse - than us


A fascinating collection of images has attempted to show us what the world looks like through the eyes of a cat - and it looks a lot like a blurry Instagram filter.



A feline eyes don't differ drastically from those of humans in terms of shape, however their vision has adapted over time to suit difference purposes.



Most importantly, they need to sense movement in the dark to catch their prey.

A fascinating collection of images has attempted to show us what the world looks like through the eyes of a cat

And to enable this they've had to sacrifice other factors, namely sharper focus and color perception.

Artist Nickolay Lamm took a look at the world through feline eyes for his latest project, and the images were uploaded on MyDeals.com .



He consulted with Kerry L. Ketring, of All Animal Eye Clinic in Michigan, Dr DJ Haeussler of The Animal Eye Institute, and the Ophthalmology group at the University of Pennsylvania Veterinarian school to develop his spectacular shots, ensuring they are as accurate as possible.

How we see things is represented in the top picture while a cat's view of the same scene appears below.

A feline's eyes don't differ drastically from those of humans in terms of shape, however their vision has adapted over time to suit difference purposes

Most importantly, they need to sense movement in the dark to catch their prey. And to enable this they've had to sacrifice other factors, namely sharper focus and color perception

Cats can see 6-8 times better in dim light than humans due the high number of rods and because of their elliptical pupil, large cornea and tapetum.

This is clearly shown in the night time images.



As seen in all the vision comparisons, cats have a visual field of 200 degrees compared to our 180 degree view.

And felines have 30 degrees of peripheral vision each side, represented in blurriness in each shot, compared to humans who have just 20 degrees.

Also, cat vision isn't so great at a distance. What we can see sharply from 100 feet away, they need to be a lot closer - say 20 feet - to make out.

Artist Nickolay Lamm took a look at the world through feline eyes for his latest project. He consulted with the Ophthalmology group at the University of Pennsylvania veterinary school to develop his spectacular shots, ensuring they are as accurate as possible

As seen in each of the brilliant comparisons, cats have a visual field of 200 degrees compared to humans who have 180 degrees

They also can only see in a few colors - blues and yellows - which makes the bottom scenes appear washed out. Humans on the other hand see lots of vibrant colors with excellent, detailed resolution, however when the sun sets, so, mostly, does our sight.

But while cats are better at picking up quick movement, we are far better at catching slow moving objects or animals.

'Humans have the ability to see very slowly moving objects at speeds 10 times slower than cats,' Lamm said. 'We can see very slow things move that would not appear to be moving to a cat.' Cats can see 6-8 times better in dim light than humans due the high number of rods and because of their elliptical pupil, large cornea and tapetum. This is clearly shown in the night time images