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11/18/2004 10:31:50 AM · #1 |
I took this picture of my daughter today and i wanted to really highlight the reflection in the eyes.. i have seen some amazing glossy eye shots and wondered how it was done.. thanx in advance
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11/18/2004 10:47:32 AM · #2 |
I usually mask off overthing except the eyes and then use unshark mask (USM) to sharped the eyes. I'm not sure if it will help here because you cannot see much detail in the iris.
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11/18/2004 10:50:18 AM · #3 |
Originally posted by alionic:
I took this picture of my daughter today and i wanted to really highlight the reflection in the eyes.. i have seen some amazing glossy eye shots and wondered how it was done.. thanx in advance
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It´s quite simple really, get more light in there. Basic tips for taking good eye shots are using natural light. That makes the iris contract so that you will get all of the colour and try to overexpose the image a little bit to bring out her dark brown eyes, just experiment. If you cant go outdoors try opening the curtains and use light from windows. Hope this helps. |
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11/18/2004 12:12:58 PM · #4 |
I have been having trouble with lighting or a camera setting, I not sure wich. If I try to shoot a photo in low light with no flash using a slow shutter speed I always end up with a red hue throughout my photo. This is one of them. Could anyone tell me what i'm doing wrong?
//images.dpchallenge.com/images_challenge/264/thumb/115608.jpg
hmm never tryrd posting a photo in here either...hope it works.
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11/18/2004 12:31:32 PM · #5 |
| Dark eyes are very difficult to get that effect with as they are, well, so dark. Lots of light really helps and when you're taking a close shot of the eyes then you want to make sure that whatever light you do use looks good as a catchlight. Having a window to the side streaming with natural light is popular and good and gives a nice rectangular catchlight similar to a softbox. |
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11/18/2004 03:49:56 PM · #6 |
Originally posted by tristalisk:
I have been having trouble with lighting or a camera setting, I not sure wich. If I try to shoot a photo in low light with no flash using a slow shutter speed I always end up with a red hue throughout my photo. This is one of them. Could anyone tell me what i'm doing wrong?
//images.dpchallenge.com/images_challenge/264/thumb/115608.jpg
hmm never tryrd posting a photo in here either...hope it works. |
Well basically what you got here is a "wrong" white balance. Set it for tungsten or fluorescent or later on when you learn more about your camera you can experiment with the custom white balance (I think the minolta dimage 7 has that setting) but personally I don´t think the red hue is bad at all, gives the image a warm tone so it´s debatable whether this is a problem or not. For example you should try and take sunset pictures with your white balance set for shade instead of sunlight, that way it seems more red and has more visual impact. Hope this helps.
Here -> //www.dpchallenge.com/image.php?IMAGE_ID=115608 is a better link, next time just click on "automatically parse URLS" and this website will make your links automatically.
Edit: I think your image scored quite low because it´s very dark and hard to make out what it is, also that you have camera shake, rather than it being red toned. Just my personal opinion though.
Message edited by author 2004-11-18 15:51:13. |
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11/19/2004 08:43:23 AM · #7 |
Thanks larus for the responce. I will try a few of the tips you gave me and see how it works. I have managed to pick up a tripod since this shot. So hopefully that will help with the camera shake.
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