Compound eyes of Drosophila are widely used to get exciting insights into genetics, developmental biology, cell biology, disease biology, gene regulation, etc. Various parameters like eye size, pigmentation loss, disorientation/fusion/disruption of ommatidial arrays, and formation of necrotic patches are used to assess the status of eye development and degeneration. Here we developed an optimized optical alignment (LARIS) for high-contrast imaging of the Drosophila eye under stereomicroscope. This technique would also be useful for high-contrast eye imaging of other insects.