Don't even bother to try using a red eye tool. The problem is not red eye but eyeshine. Many animals have a membrane immediately behind the retina that reflects visible light back through the retina and gives the animal better night vision. You can try painting a color over the shine area, but there won't be any of the normal architectural detail of the iris because of the intense backlighting behind the iris. The best correction is to take a picture of your pet outdoors without flash and extract the eyes from that photo and use them in the photo you want to correct.
This blog was set up as a requirement for the digital photography class I took in 2009 at St. Louis Community College. The blog is linked to a photo storage site where the class assignments were posted. I immediately liked having a blog and started posting. I have taken film classes and posted some papers I wrote about films. In 2013 the web site Digital Media Journey was built. I have lately been taking art history classes. The image of the windmill below will link to my web site.
Wednesday, January 22, 2014
Fixing Eyeshine in Pets from Flash Photography
Don't even bother to try using a red eye tool. The problem is not red eye but eyeshine. Many animals have a membrane immediately behind the retina that reflects visible light back through the retina and gives the animal better night vision. You can try painting a color over the shine area, but there won't be any of the normal architectural detail of the iris because of the intense backlighting behind the iris. The best correction is to take a picture of your pet outdoors without flash and extract the eyes from that photo and use them in the photo you want to correct.
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