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Hi All -
This weekend I took lots of very early morning shots of deer and in all the photos, I have the reflection in of my flash in the eyes. I posted a few in the nature thread that I was able to remove but I was working on a few more last night and can
Why would you want to remove a catchlight? Having a catchlight helps create the sense of life in your subject...
I like the catch-light too! I would like to learn how to add it!
Denise, I like the ring flash in your Spider photo in the Macro Thread. I guess it comes down to personal preferences.
I think you could break catch-lights down into the different types, such as; a solid catch-light, complete circular ring, broken ring (2 semi-circular rings), or multiple solid catch-lights, and then decide which one looks better for certain situations.
I think a good goal would be to make the catch-light look natural, although I don't think you need to make the Spider Photo look more natural as I think it looks pretty cool the way it is.
Rich
I like catchlights too! I
Sure, I understand.., it may work with a creepy Spider, but you don't want Bambi looking possessed!
Edit: So, I guess that leaves you with the choice of diffusing the light before hand, orsmoothing it out in PP.
Hey sometimes the possessed demon look is kind of fun! I was delighted when I discovered what my flash did to this shot.
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Right, like in my spider pic but for this one, I'd prefer normal ...
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Most of them I was able to fix in DPP to a point that they are at least worth saving ...
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Some turned out better than others. The last one I left as it was which I think it's ok.
Just as an FYI,.the reason why I was trying to get a few of these looking good is because ...
At the engineering firm where I work, we have a big screen TV/monitor in the lobby which we use to display past projects that we have done with our company logo on each photo in a powerpoint presentation for our clients & employees viewing. Well, I was told today to put together a powerpoint slideshow of a number of my photos and that is what will be showing in our lobby from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Wednesdays ...with of course D Trocio Photography at the bottom of each photo :)
I cannot believe that I was actually able to pull together pretty many photos that don
Wow, that's today! Good luck Denise[Y]
I guess the answer is no, but weren't you able to photograph the deer without a flash? Even at the cost of having a slower shutterspeed which might cause some motion? I personally think it's very hard to take a natural photo with flash.
Congratulations on your photos being on display =)
I don
I know that many of these shots don
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My only suggestion is to avoid the problem in the first place. The reason you have the problem is that you are using the flash as a key light. Not only does it cause "white eye" (like red eye, but in some animals), but it's also very flat, very hard, and probably the wrong color balance. Personally, I would much rather bump up the ISO a stop (or four stops, if necessary) to avoid using on-camera flash as the key light.Then, flash can go back to being utilized for generating the catchlight only.If you're close enough, another way to avoid white eye is to put the flash on a long bracket above the camera. I'd rather shoot at ISO 25,600 than use on-camera flash as a key light.
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I agree that using on-camera flash as a key light makes pictures look synthetic and artificial. Unless of course you normally walk around with a 2000 watt lamp attached to your forehead -- then I guess photos with flash look natural. [:)] However, Ithink you might be mistaken about what "catchlight" means, because I would be very surprised that anyone finds them unnatural (quite the opposite). Be aware that the problem in this thread has *nothing* to do with catchlights. This problem is like "red eye", but animals have a different color.
Catchlights occur naturally every time you go outside, since the sun reflects in people's eyes. That's why photos without catchlights look unnatural -- we are used to seeing a small sparkle in their eyes. Even indoors, most people have hard lighting, so again catchlights. The only way that catchlights would be "unnatural" is if you spent most of your time in places that always have soft, even lighting. Such places are extremely rare in my experience, and tend only to exist in photographer studios. (And if that's where you spend most of your time, then that makes sense!)
I totally agree but @ 4:30, 5:00 a.m. in the deep woods, I had no idea how much I would have to push the ISO & I figured fixing alittle "white eye" would be easier than alot of noise. With it being a long hike and my not being such a young grandma anymore, carrying the camera bag w/ a couple lenses & the 7d w/ a 100-400mm w/ a flash was all I could handle (and usually a tripod or monopod, but not this time). Believe it or not, I can feel the added weight around my neck when I add my bracket.Quote:
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I'm going out again soon and the flash will stay home this time.
Thanks again, Sean for sending me the edited photo ...you did a great job!
Denise