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Category: Animals, Pets, & Wildlife Photography

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Ann E. Tate 		 

Animal Pictures: How to Photograph in Low Light


 
 
How can I get sharp images of lions at dusk without flash reflection from eyes? I changed ISO to 400, too grainy. I shot with a Canon Eos 10D, 100 - 400mm zoom, image stabilized, and monopod.


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April 03, 2005

 

Peter K. Burian 		  Ann: This is one of those situations where there is no solution, other than a high ISO setting. Or using flash, and then correcting the eyes in Photoshop. That's easy for red-eye in Elements 3.0 and Photoshop CS, but green eye is more common in animals. Perhaps someone can offer a Photoshop tip for easily solving that problem.
Peter Burian
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Ann E. Tate 		 
 
 
Peter,
Thanks for your response. It's difficult to know how animals will respond to flash in the wild, depending on circumstances. Most all of my lion sightings were at dusk - wonderful to experience, difficult to capture. I did correct one image in Photoshop 7.0, but eyes look dead now. Most of my images with eyes you can see reflections in the cornea - way cool.


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April 03, 2005

 

Ann E. Tate 		 
 
  Lioness at Dusk, Botswana
Lioness at Dusk, Botswana

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  Male lion awaits his Brothers, Chitabe Camp
Male lion awaits his Brothers, Chitabe Camp

Ann E. Tate

  
 
Peter,

thanks for your response. Difficult to know how animals will respond to flash in the wild, depending on circumstances. Most all of my lion sitings were at dusk, wonderful to experience, difficult to capture. I did correct one image in Photoshop 7.0, but eyes look dead now. Most of my images with eyes you can see reflections in the cornea - way cool.


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