Diaphragm (optics) curved blades improve the roundness of the iris opening. In a photograph, the number of blades that the iris diaphragm has can be guessed by counting the number of diffraction spikes converging from a light source or bright reflection. For an odd number of blades, there are twice as many spikes as there are blades. In case of an even number of blades, the two spikes per blade will overlap each other, so the number of spikes visible will be the number of blades in the diaphragm used. This is most apparent in pictures taken in the dark with small
The Eye in the Door The Eye in the Door The Eye in the Door is a novel by Pat Barker, first published in 1993, and forming the second part of the "Regeneration" trilogy. "The Eye in the Door" is set in London, beginning in mid-April, 1918, and continues the interwoven stories of Dr William Rivers, Billy Prior, and Siegfried Sassoon begun in "Regeneration". It ends some time before the conclusion of the First World War later the same year. The third part of the trilogy, "The Ghost Road", continues the story. Whereas "Regeneration" is an anomalous, but not unique, mixture of fact and fiction,