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ninja 1061754     Purred: Sat Nov 7, '09 1:04pm PST  If there is a better forum to post this type of question please let me know. I'm new! How do you all take pictures? How do you avoid redeye? My cat is 6 years-old and I have never been able to take good pics of him. I have used both a digital cameras (non-DSLR) and film cameras. He ALWAYS has red eyes in the pics. I can't turn the flash off, because then the pic is ruined by blurryness. I think this is a problem especially with blue-eyed cats. I took pics of my childhood cats and rarely had this problem. They had green or yellow or amber eyes. Recently my cat has fallen ill and there is a good chance that it's something pretty serious. I know this is MORBID, but I feel like I should take as many pics as I can, while I can. But like I said, he always has the redeye. The redeye setting on the camera does nothing. I don't have photoshop (it costs like 600 bucks or something). my posts | my page | msg me | my family's posts | gift me | become friends [notify]

Ava 4 ever- Mommy's- Angel Mommy's Angel     Purred: Sat Nov 7, '09 5:05pm PST  Yes, it's a siamese thing! You need to have outdoor shots or very bright light. My Mommy took me to a professional Photographer in last Spring. She knew she didn't have much time and wanted to be sure she had some pretty blue eyed pics. my posts | my page | msg me | my family's posts | gift me | become friends [notify]

Bugsy The Bugster     Purred: Sun Nov 8, '09 12:21am PST  The red eye settings never seem to help. Yes, blue eyes seem to be worse at getting red eye. I don't know why, but it is. Use as much indoor light as possible to maximize natural light or outdoor photos work. Another thing you can try is to get pixs of him when he is looking a little to the left or right. Not directly at the camera. This may help reduce the red eye. my posts | my page | msg me | my family's posts | gift me | become friends [notify]

LOLA ~ Our- Good Girl,- forever I came, I- purred, I- conquered...     Purred: Sun Nov 8, '09 7:09am PST  Here's some information about why blue-eyed cats have red eye in photography (it's the same reason that humans have red eye in flash photos -- I'm not sure it's as simple as the explanation given here, but something like this): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Odd-eyed_cat Here is a discussion on Flickr about photographing blue eyes: http://www.flickr.com/groups/blue_eyed_dog/discuss/137294/ Not sure that will help much, but hope it helps a little! The "red eye" is different than the "glowing eyes" that all cats get, so you can have both problems photographing blue-eyed cats. Edited by author Sun Nov 8, '09 7:14am PST my posts | my page | msg me | my family's posts | gift me | become friends [notify]

Rocky RIP old buddy     Purred: Sun Nov 8, '09 2:07pm PST  There are also photo editing programs that cost much less than the full version of Photoshop as well; if you only want to do very basic photo editing (including coloring those red pupils black again!) you can get one for $30 or less. If you would like to be able to do a lot more, but don't want to pay the price of photoshop, get Paint Shop Pro, around $70. It does virtually the same things as Photoshop, but is less expensive (because it's not as well known, I guess). Meowma has Photoshop and Paint Shop Pro, and actually uses PSP more--in fact, pretty much always. You can get a FREE trial of PSP at corel.com, and fix some of your photos without buying anything. Just be aware that with cat eyes, the 'red eye fix' on either PSP or Photoshop can be tricky, and commonly doesn't work or only sort of works in situations like yours; if that happens, Meowma uses the Zoom command to make the area really large and hand colors they eyes to correct them. With practice, it gets easy. You can see examples on my page, as all of the photos not in direct sunlight were done this way (except for the Vampire kitty one, where the red eyes were an asset!) [notify]

Miss Tiny- Burr Burr Love and adore.     Purred: Tue Nov 10, '09 6:22am PST  blue eyes in cats give you the red effect. The only way is to turn off the flash. good luck! my posts | my page | msg me | my family's posts | gift me | become friends [notify]

Athena (In- Memory) Purrs and Love- to Mom and- Toulouse moderator     Purred: Tue Nov 10, '09 6:38pm PST  There are some "groups" in Catster who give advice for photo shooting. The one I know about is: http://www.catster.com/group/Stunning_photos_made_easy-16614 Anyone can join the group so feel free to join them and post questions. my posts | my page | msg me | my family's posts | gift me | become friends

KuJu Ku Bobtails Rule!     Purred: Thu Nov 12, '09 2:02pm PST  Me and my sisfur are blue eyed bobtails.. our pictures come out best when we are by a window with the natural light coming thru.. (like resting on a chair or sofa back) If you want some good photos try that, place a small table by the window, decorate with a pretty sheet or tablecloth draping and some decorations to whatever season it may be. Or take some sleeping photos in the same area. You should be able to get at least some good shots. Or you can just fling him over your shoulder (like we did in our halloween costumes) and take a few outside shots like that. my posts | my page | msg me | my family's posts | gift me | become friends [notify]

Padfoot 1032354     Purred: Sun Nov 29, '09 9:05pm PST  I've never been able to do it without natural lighting. Get a really bright day and suppress the flash. BTW, Padfoot also has blue eyes. (People who know him believe the red devil eyes are appropriate for him. --des my posts | my page | msg me | my family's posts | gift me | become friends [notify]

Louie- (1996-2013) The love sponge!-     Purred: Mon Nov 30, '09 10:34am PST  Blue eyed cats have no melanin in their eyes. It's this melanin, a form of pigment, that absorbs the light and reflects back that gold eye glow color. They reflect red because without the melanin to absorb the light, you're seeing the blood and vessels of the eye, which is why you see red/pink. Same thing for humans. Blue eyes are more likely to give you red eye, but if the flash is strong enough, the melanin in other colored eyes can't absorb everything and you still get red eye. You can go to any digital photo place and remove the red-eye easily. They also make pens that you can use directly on your photo. my posts | my page | msg me | my family's posts | gift me | become friends [notify]

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