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Dogs eyes

braveheart
06/05/05 4:32 AM GMT
I have had my G6 for a couple of weeks and i love it and am amazed at the image quality. i have a question about taking shots of my dog when im indoors, his eyes are recorded bright white, blueish white or somtimes a little orange. Any advice on how stop this from happening? like adjusting the flash or aperture. I am as new to photography as u can get but i am very interested in learning. Thanks.
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MiLo_Anderson
06/05/05 5:39 AM GMT
What your essentially getting is red eye. The flash is reflecting off the dogs eyes and coming back into your lens. If you lower the flash it will go down alittle. If you can, turning the flash off alltogether is going to work. Opening the apature up real wide will help the shutter stay alittle quicker. Also maybe turn the ISO up a bit if it doesn't cause to much grain. Its tough indoors beacuse often it is hard to get a quick enough shutter to not use the flash. Another thing is trying to have the flash further from the lens, but having a G6 i don't think you have much of a choice in that matter.
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+mayne
06/05/05 1:14 PM GMT
You could place a diffuser over the lens such as rice paper. Another option might be getting more of a profile shot of your dog. The light that is reflected back to the lens is actually coming from the back of the eyes, so, if you eliminate a direct front shot you will most likely avoid the problem. Thirdly, you could try bouncing the light by reflecting the light from the flash to the ceiling with a small mirror. Good luck in the experimenting:-)
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Jeffo
06/19/05 11:12 PM GMT
the reason you are getting thoes colours most likely isnt due to your camera it is the same thing as when you shine a light in any animals eyes (easiest to tell at night) their eyes reflect a different colour im not entirely sure why as i am not any thing close to a professional on the topic... but try bouncing your flash off of something else
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::regmar
06/20/05 6:40 PM GMT
A professional once told me that if you cup your hand in front of the flash you can redirect the light upward, then it will light the subject from above instead of from the front. This does eliminate red-eye.
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