without her eyes reflecting back the flash and ruining the pictures. I have tried red eye and trying to correct them when i have downloaded them but they still look like bright blobs of light. Can this be corrected with software after download or should i be adjusting my camera in some way?
2007-01-22 18:41:27 · 11 answers · asked by kazi 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Visual Arts ➔ Photography
Not a professional but would think that you need to remove with software, don't know of any camera settings that would eliminate red eye when taking photo with flash of animals, the built in red eye reduction settings on modern cameras do not completely remove red eye on all humans
2007-01-22 18:46:09 · answer #1 · answered by BobC 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A couple of things you might try, depending on what kind of camera you have. If you have a point and shoot (pocket camera) with a built-in flash, your options are limited though. Now if your camera has a hot shoe (a place at the top for an external flash) that opens up more options.
If you can attach an external flash, get a flash that swivels, point the flash slightly upwards so the light doesn't directly strike the cat's eyes.
Another trick (especially if you have a built-in flash) is to cover the flash with some white tissue paper. Just tape it on lightly. It may not totally eliminate the red-eye, but it may reduce it.
Turn the lights on. This does two things. 1) it reduces the size of the pupils in the eyes, thereby drastically reducing incidences of red-eye and 2) if the lights are bright enough, you may not need the flash or if the flash is one that automatically adjusts intensity it will reduce the red-eye in that respect.
Try taking pictures without a flash. This may take a little knowledge of your camera's settings and how to use them as well as experimenting. If you have a digital camera, how could you go wrong? If your camera has a programmable or manual setting, try to set the ISA to a lower setting, say 400. Then reduce the shutter speed based on light settings. You want brighter ambient light, if possible. You probably don't want shutter speeds less than 1/30 or 1/40, depending on how steady your hand is and how still your subject (cat) is. Even then, anything less than 1/60 requres a very steady hand or tripod. You may also be able to adjust the aperature setting maybe getting down around 3 or 4. Make sure you adjust your white balance to accomodate indoor lighting though. If none of this makes sense to you, never mind and just try shooting with the tips I gave for flash. Normally if you try to just leave it on the automatic setting and try to turn the flash off, your pictures will be blurry because most cameras automatically adjust the shutter speed to very slow and the picture will be extremely blurry and washed out, no matter what you do (unless you are shooting outdoors or in bright light).
2007-01-22 19:07:39 · answer #2 · answered by Dean D 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
You bounce the flash off the ceiling. If it's a fixed flash and you can't take it off the camera or swivel it in any direction, you hold a piece of white card or paper with the white surface facing the flash bulb. Point the camera at the cat and focus, and press the button. That should be good enough. It might sound silly, and if it doesn't work straight away try it a few more times, maybe moving the paper. It works like this - the white cardboard or paper should be about an angle of 45 degrees in front of the flash, the flash goes off, is reflected onto the ceiling, and the ceiling will act as an umbrella and a uniform light should light the whole room up, without the harsh flatness or red eye of basic flash photography. The ceiling should be white by the way, or Cream at least.
And if this doesn't work, give the cat some shades!
2007-01-24 00:24:14 · answer #3 · answered by Hailstone Mary 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the simple solution to this problem is to just not use flash but instead compensate by using a high ISO film or setting(400,800, or 16000), and/or a large aperture. The higher the Iso number the more sensitive the camera is to light. The same can be said about a larger aperture, the larger the aperture, the more light on the film or sensor. So a combination of both would more than eliminate any need of a flash in most cases The only other way to get rid of that red eye is to get a camera that has a professional off-axis removable flash or a flash that can swivel so that you can bounce the light instead of aiming it directly into the blood rich retinas of a cats eyes which produces that ugly red eye.
Digitally those auto redeye reduction filters don't work very well when the red eye is really bad. You will have to use Photoshop which is probably not the solution you want to hear, but is in all honesty your best and perhaps only solution.
2007-01-22 19:07:13 · answer #4 · answered by wackywallwalker 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
the pets natural instinct is to look directly into the flash so the best thing to do is to have your pet look either directly above, or below the camera, away from the flash. draw your pets attention to that point. also those fancy digital cameras usually have a series of 2 or 3 sub-flashes before the final flash. just get a H.D. Rite Aid camera and let them put your pics on a C.D. because the flash is quick. "Wackywalls..." Response is too complicated, and a bit unpractical.
2007-01-22 18:50:06 · answer #5 · answered by Sansprenom 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the best way if you have a DSLR with a seperate flash is to purchase either a Stofen OmniBounce or a LumiQuest Softbox both are designed to soften the light that exits the flash so as to eliminate the shadows that fall behind the subject when using a normal flash by giving a more even spread of light.
2007-01-26 09:04:00 · answer #6 · answered by lyrical_g_muttley 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Cats have this cool thing about their eyes where they can see in some 10% to 20% light. That means that any extra light will get reflected back. Try shooting them in an extremely well lit room or studio and see what you get. I have two dogs that I photograph and haven't had any problems (I have a DSLR). Reading your question made me think about how cats can see at night without very much light. I hope it helps....
2007-01-22 18:47:05 · answer #7 · answered by kaliroadrager 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Take a picture outside in the garden.
No flash - no red eye.
2007-01-22 23:18:21 · answer #8 · answered by efes_haze 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-02-15 03:44:27 · answer #9 · answered by Kellye 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you can not use a flash if you want, i have done this with my cat. just make sure their is plenty of light in the front of the face but not directly on the face. without using a flah, you can create a softer look.
2007-01-23 06:05:16 · answer #10 · answered by iansbaby17 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋