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Josephine Shryock
 

Avoiding light reflection in eyes of pets


I have a Kodak CX6330 Zoom Digital Camera. Every flash photo I take of my Chihuahua is un-usable. In every photo her eyes reflect the light and come out as bright, shiny white flash spots. On the occasions that she has red eye, I can correct that, but have found no way to correct the "white flash" eyes. Can somebody help, please?


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February 24, 2004

 

Andy
  By "white flash eyes" do you mean the entire iris were white out or just a little spark of light. That little spark of light we usually refer to as 'catch light", which gives life to the subject. If you look at all the fine portraits, you will always see that little spark of catch light in the eyes. Is it possible to upload a sample picture to show us what you mean? Hope this helps.


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February 24, 2004

 

Josephine Shryock
  Thanks for responding Andy, but NO her eyes do not have "catch light".
Both her eyes look just like the flashing, reflected, white eyes of a deer or other wild animal caught in headlights or with a flash photo.

Nobody has been able to offer any help at all. But, if you've ever watched a wildlife special on television and they are photographing wild animals at night and you've seen what their eyes look like under those conditions, that's how my puppy's eyes are all the time using flash.


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February 24, 2004

 

Josephine Shryock
 
 
  SweetPea
SweetPea
White, flash eye

Josephine Shryock

 
 
Here is a mild example of how bad my puppy's eyes turn out in ALL flash photos.


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