Red Eye

13 years 4 months ago #9898 by Meggy_Meg
My husband and I have 2 dogs, 3 cats and a rabbit and I love to take photos of them every chance I get. But they always have red eye. I use a Nikon D3000 and tried the "reduce red eye" function." It helped, but the eyes still glow. How do I get rid of red eye entirely?


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13 years 4 months ago #9911 by Joves
Animals eyes will redeye easier with flash. You can try using a diffuser over the flash to kill the brightness. A piece of white tracing paper or a white coffee filter will work as well. You will need to manually adjust your flash from the menu to get the right illumination because the camera will automatically adjust for the shot not adjusting for the diffusion.


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13 years 4 months ago - 13 years 4 months ago #9921 by Stealthy Ninja
Joves is right (though if the flash uses TTL metering it should adjust for the diffusion because it will detect the light from the flash).

Additionally, red eye is caused when the flash bounces off the retina of the person/animal. So avoiding direct flash will do more than any red eye reduction function.

Red eye reduction usually uses a pre-flash(es) to shrink the pupil down, reducing the chances of light being able to bounce off the retina.

So yeah, diffusing it will help because the light is more scattered about.

Also, if you buy a speedlight you can bounce the flash (or put it on a bracket) to avoid redeye too.
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13 years 4 months ago #10088 by Cameron555
Try to avoid facing your pets directly. The light from the flash hits the back of the eye, which is red, and brings iback out to the camera. Remember light travels back on the same path it travels forward. Think of playing pool and making a good bankshot. If you at an slight angle to your pets, then the llight will travel away from the camera at the same angle and you can avoid the "dreaded red eye." Reduction features on cameras can only do so much.


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13 years 4 months ago #10268 by Scotty

Cameron555 wrote: Try to avoid facing your pets directly. The light from the flash hits the back of the eye, which is red, and brings iback out to the camera. Remember light travels back on the same path it travels forward. Think of playing pool and making a good bankshot. If you at an slight angle to your pets, then the llight will travel away from the camera at the same angle and you can avoid the "dreaded red eye." Reduction features on cameras can only do so much.


Stealthy beat you to the punch ;)

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and the last glass of champagne has been drunk
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13 years 4 months ago #10269 by Stealthy Ninja

Scotty wrote:

Cameron555 wrote: Try to avoid facing your pets directly. The light from the flash hits the back of the eye, which is red, and brings iback out to the camera. Remember light travels back on the same path it travels forward. Think of playing pool and making a good bankshot. If you at an slight angle to your pets, then the llight will travel away from the camera at the same angle and you can avoid the "dreaded red eye." Reduction features on cameras can only do so much.


Stealthy beat you to the punch ;)


LOL that's why they call me Stealthy. ;)
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13 years 4 months ago #10317 by Rob pix4u2
You can also try bouncing off of a reflector/ white surface or use a bracket to get the flash off of the lens axis

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13 years 4 months ago #10320 by Scotty

Rob pix4u2 wrote: You can also try bouncing off of a reflector/ white surface or use a bracket to get the flash off of the lens axis


Stealthy beat you too.

When the last candle has been blown out
and the last glass of champagne has been drunk
All that you are left with are the memories and the images-David Cooke.

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13 years 4 months ago #10467 by bjmartelli
I was glad to read your explanation here. I learned the same thing by trial and error. Before that, my dog always looked like it was the devil's spawn ready to attack or something. Now you can tell what a sweetie he really is.


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13 years 4 months ago #10469 by luckywish1
red eye is cause of a flash was on it happen to me too that i how i learned by my mistakes


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13 years 4 months ago #10473 by luckywish1
here is the picture of my dog lucky


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13 years 4 months ago #10607 by Stealthy Ninja

luckywish1 wrote: red eye is cause of a flash was on it happen to me too that i how i learned by my mistakes


Actually, as was explained before, redeye is caused by DIRECT flash. Bounce the flash or get it off camera somehow (or diffuse it perhaps if you can't do those things) and your problem is solved.

On this topic a lot of people say "flash photography sucks, I prefer natural light" these people (very often) just don't know how to use a flash properly. It's like sticking your camera on full auto and wondering why all your shots suck. LOL

:)
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13 years 4 months ago #10609 by luckywish1
gigggles


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13 years 4 months ago #10617 by Stealthy Ninja

luckywish1 wrote: gigggles


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13 years 3 months ago #11632 by Litebox Fotos
My goodness this is confusing.

So you're saying if I point my flash at someone they will get red eye? How do I use a flash then? If I don't point it at them, won't the light just be flying away?


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