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.


 
Some of Katy's eyes from my files. Rotating the eyes a small amount will change the facial expression.

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