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"Joseph Meehan" <sligojoe_Spamno@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> MaryL wrote:
>> "Sheldon" <sheldon@XXXXXXXXsopris.net> wrote in message
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>>>> "Gene Palmiter" <palmiter_gene@verizon.net> wrote in message
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>>>>> Well...the color in the eye is what was there...the camera took
>>>>> what was in the scene. Red eye or gold is not so much removed as
>>>>> replaced. There is no program that knows how your cat's eyes look
>>>>> and put them in instead. You will have to take out what you don't
>>>>> want and paint in what you do want. Cat's eyes are very large in
>>>>> the dark so a black spot would be accurate but not appealing.
>>>>> Maybe you could take some photos of the cats with in ordinary
>>>>> light and paste them over the gold.
>>>>> --
>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>> Gene Palmiter
>>>>> (visit my photo gallery at http://palmiter.dotphoto.com)
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Well, it may be that I won't be able to do what I hoped, but I have
>>>> seen some good results from "red eye." Here's a photo of one of my
>>>> cats that shows the problem (in one eye) that I was trying to
>>>> describe.
>>>>
http://pic10.picturetrail.com/VOL320/476350/1916528/34609798.jpg
>>>> MaryL
>>> It's a nice shot, but it looks more like glare off the eye than light
>>> bouncing back from the retina. I'm not exactly sure what to do, but
>>> just about any version of Photoshop or a Photoshop clone should
>>> work. You'll have to do it manually, as you've discovered a redeye
>>> program won't work. As others have said, you should probably take
>>> the color from the eye that looks okay and use it to fill in the
>>> problem areas.
>>> On the other hand, if you can get the flash just right, you can make
>>> a cat's eyes look awesome.
>>>
>>
>> Do you have suggestions as to how I should use the flash? I have a
>> Nikon 8800 digital camera. I also have an external Nikon flash
>> (SB-600 Speedlight). It can be tilted to any angle. Bounce light
>> really won't work because my ceilings are so high that there is
>> nothing to bounce from (if I understand the technique correctly), but
>> I could tilt the head to any angle. As long as it is attached, the
>> built-in flash is automatically turned off, so that is not a problem.
>
> That 600 should be strong enough to bounce off the ceiling or a wall
> assuming they are white.
>
>>
>> Thanks,
>> MaryL
>
> --
> Joseph Meehan
>
> Dia duit
>
Okay, I'll try it -- but the ceiling in the den is vaulted, so it's about
14' high. On the other hand, the instructions *do* list significant
distances. In fact, I originally bought the 800 and then exchanged it for
the 600 because it was so bulky and I thought it was "too much" power for
what I need.
MaryL