The main cause of eye diseases in the working human is Diabetic retinopathy. Eye disease can
be prevented ifdetects early. The extraction of blood vessels from retinal images is an essential and challenging
task in medical diagnosis and analysis. This paper describes the effective and efficient extraction of blood
vessels from retinal image by using Kirsch’s templates. The Kirsch’s edge operators detect the edges using eight
filters, generated by the compass rotation mechanism. The method is used to automatic detection oflandmark
features of the fundus, such as the optic disc, fovea and blood vessels.