How to erase yellow eye in dog caused by camera flash: Hi everyone. My name is Peggy, I am a very amateur photographer, have been reading UHH for quite some time, and am learning more...

Peggy's Place Loc: Lancaster, PA

Hi everyone. My name is Peggy, I am a very amateur photographer, have been reading UHH for quite some time, and am learning more every day. This, however, is my first post. My question is, "How do I get rid of yellow eye in a dog that is caused by camera flash?" I have an iMac and get rid of red eye using Photos or iPhoto. Thank you in advance for any advice you may give me.

crazydaddio Loc: Toronto Ontario Canada

LR has a pet-eye removal.
Basically it checks the contrast change point and changes the red or yellow or white eye and makes it black. Looks not so great.
Better option is to take 2 successive shots with flash and without and copy the eyes from one photo and paste into the other using photoshop.

Thats a lot of work and software ....

Does your software only check for "red" eye and not any other color?

wdross Loc: Castle Rock, Colorado

Peggy's Place wrote:

Hi everyone. My name is Peggy, I am a very amateur photographer, have been reading UHH for quite some time, and am learning more every day. This, however, is my first post. My question is, "How do I get rid of yellow eye in a dog that is caused by camera flash?" I have an iMac and get rid of red eye using Photos or iPhoto. Thank you in advance for any advice you may give me.

Get a flash bracket also. Having the flash high over the camera changes the angle that the flash enters the eye and lessens or eliminates dog eye or red eye. The higher the flash, the more likely the problem will be eliminated.

LoneRangeFinder Loc: Left field

Peggy's Place wrote:

Hi everyone. My name is Peggy, I am a very amateur photographer, have been reading UHH for quite some time, and am learning more every day. This, however, is my first post. My question is, "How do I get rid of yellow eye in a dog that is caused by camera flash?" I have an iMac and get rid of red eye using Photos or iPhoto. Thank you in advance for any advice you may give me.

Ahhhh. Your post reminded me of a Beatle’s song....

DanInPhx

I agree with the post about using a bracket. You haven’t told us about your current set-up, but built-in or pop-up flashes tend to be pretty harsh on red eye and dog eyes, a good flash that connects to the hot shoe may well move the flash far enough away from the lens to solve your problems.

billnikon Loc: Pennsylvania/Ohio/Florida/Maui/Oregon/Vermont

Peggy's Place wrote:

Hi everyone. My name is Peggy, I am a very amateur photographer, have been reading UHH for quite some time, and am learning more every day. This, however, is my first post. My question is, "How do I get rid of yellow eye in a dog that is caused by camera flash?" I have an iMac and get rid of red eye using Photos or iPhoto. Thank you in advance for any advice you may give me.

Elements has a app for that.

Mark Sturtevant Loc: Grand Blanc, MI

You don't need to buy software to do basic editing or even fairly advanced editing. There is free software out there. I use Gimp, which is free, and with that you can correct 'yellow eye' and whatever other issue you have very easily.

CatMarley Loc: North Carolina

Peggy's Place wrote:

Hi everyone. My name is Peggy, I am a very amateur photographer, have been reading UHH for quite some time, and am learning more every day. This, however, is my first post. My question is, "How do I get rid of yellow eye in a dog that is caused by camera flash?" I have an iMac and get rid of red eye using Photos or iPhoto. Thank you in advance for any advice you may give me.

I just paint it black with Photoshop.

Mark Sturtevant Loc: Grand Blanc, MI

There are numerous tutorials on You Tube about how to use this or that tool in Gimp. Here is one that shows how to remove red eye in Gimp: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bedVa_Zpg5c Yes I know this is not specifically your situation but the method used here was with the Channels menu, and this will solve your problem. Your settings will be a bit different from the one used here.
Gimp has its own red-eye removal tool, and it can be adjusted to maybe work in your case as well. No harm in trying.
I would also learn about how to use the rubber stamp and cloning tool. Those are very versatile, and could be used as well to solve this issue and many other issues.

sippyjug104 Loc: Missouri

Many respondents have given you very good advise regarding changing the angle of your flash. Bouncing the flash is a good way to avoid sending light directly into the eye which illuminates the retina's cones which creates some ghostly effects. If you are using a "pop-up" flash on your camera, you can take something like a business card, bend it a bit and scotch-tape it to the camera so that the flash hits it and deflects. Indirect flash creates a more soothing image and avoids hot-spots and sharp edges and shadows.

CatMarley Loc: North Carolina

Mark Sturtevant wrote:

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All the methods mentioned work, but I think by far the easiest is just to enlarge the eye on screen in photoshop or some other editing program, and paint the reflection out. Here is an example. I used black at about 40% transparency.

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Peggy's Place Loc: Lancaster, PA

Thank you all for your excellent advice! I'll try all of these suggestions. I love this forum!

Peggy

Peggy's Place Loc: Lancaster, PA

Which Beatles' song?

Peggy's Place Loc: Lancaster, PA

Thank you! Lots of helpful information.

Peggy's Place Loc: Lancaster, PA

Thank you. Your second answer with the photographs included explained exactly what you do. I can do that with my basic editing software.