Posted by Luke Ormand on August 26, 2009 at 12:44 AM
Came across a buck in my yard right at sunset and had limited lighting. Did get some nice HH shots with a bumped up ISO (one can be seen in the weekly challenge gallery) but tried a few with the flash and this was the result. Anyway to avoid the blown eyes and/or how to fix in PS? Thanks in advance.
Posted by John Mumaw on August 26, 2009 at 8:21 AM
Zoom in tight to the eyes and select them.
Choose the Hue/Saturation tool and crank the Lightness down all the way.
Still zoomed in tight, use the Clone Stamp to narrow the brighter areas of the pupils down somewhat. I tried this and it worked pretty well.
Probably a moot point, as the image in the WC gallery looked pretty good. Wondering why you used -1 EC, though.
Posted by Luke Ormand on August 26, 2009 at 9:41 AM
the techs were different for that shot and this shot. Dialed down to -1 EC on the gallery shot to increase SS (albeit slightly). I don't believe I used any EC on this shot. Techs should be f/5.6, iso 800, on-board flash. Thanks for the tip - I'll have to try it out.
To try and prevent this in the first place you should use an off-camera flash or light source which should help in reducing the effect. Of course how far 'off camera' is dependent upon how close the subject is, and with a wildlife subject that is easier said than done. You could also try and bounce the light from an external flash off a neutral reflecting surface to scatter the light a bit. Both these techniques won't work with 'on-board' flashes though. Post-processing you can fix in numerous ways similar to John's description.
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4 repliesChoose the Hue/Saturation tool and crank the Lightness down all the way.
Still zoomed in tight, use the Clone Stamp to narrow the brighter areas of the pupils down somewhat. I tried this and it worked pretty well.
Probably a moot point, as the image in the WC gallery looked pretty good. Wondering why you used -1 EC, though.