Flash in animal eyes

[rpt]

This is my dog. I took the picture this morning with a fill in flash. The eyes stand out as yellow. I have no idea what to do about it. Any advise is welcome. I have done red eye reduction for human eyes but this has got me stumped... Here is the picture:

[Kernuak]

I don't know of any post processing you can do, short of cloning from somewhere else, but using off camera flash should avoid the problem.

[rpt]

I don't know of any post processing you can do, short of cloning from somewhere else, but using off camera flash should avoid the problem.

Thanks. That makes sense. Duh! Should have figured that myself 

[SandyP]

Yes, the big reason you see this is because it's so direct. If it were on a slightly different angle from pointing straight into the eyes, you wouldn't get this.

When shooting people with glasses on you run into similar type problems of seeing reflections in peoples glasses. You can solve that problem (and this one, which is really the same sort of thing) by getting the flash(es) off center.

[Mt Spokane Photography]

You can substitute the yellow for another color in photoshop, but I'd just take another photo with indirect light.  Its only worth the effort to photoshop something like this when you have a photo that cannot be redone.

[rpt]

Thanks guys. I will take another with her looking at a different angle. As I just have one 600EX and no ST-E3, the flash needs to stay on camera... Any other ideas? In the good old days one would have a long flash cord and have a second person hold the flash...

[Ew]

Try bouncing the flash.

[rpt]

Try bouncing the flash.

The shot was taken in the garden so I could not do that... Thanks.

[wickidwombat]

Try bouncing the flash.

The shot was taken in the garden so I could not do that... Thanks.

get someone to hold a piece of white paper, cardboard hell a white pillow case or even aluminium foil from the kitchen above the flash and angle it at the dog then bounce off that

[briansquibb]

Have to use the flash off body, a flash bracket works.

Some animals such as sheep and goats are even harder due to the construction of their eyes

[wtlloyd]

Lightroom or Photoshop - select the pupil (the color is caused by the light bouncing off the retina inside the eye) and feather your selection slightly to taste. Reduce the saturation and luminosity.

[dr croubie]

In the good old days one would have a long flash cord and have a second person hold the flash...

You can these days, too

[drjlo]

I was surprised by this strong reflection since the flash was behind and side to the rabbit's eye..


DZ3C5456 by drjlo1, on Flickr

[Ellen Schmidtee]

I was surprised by this strong reflection since the flash was behind and side to the rabbit's eye.

Cats have a night vision aid in the form of - for the lack of a better word - bio-mirror behind their retina, which doubles the amount of light reaching the retina. The light bouncing back causes the cat's eye to glow in the dark.

Possibly, rabbits have the same night vision aid, causing their eyes to glow.

As the glow looks red, maybe the does bounce off blood vessels behind the retina, and the eyes glow because of larger pupil - my impression is the whole eye glows.

[Mt Spokane Photography]

Thanks guys. I will take another with her looking at a different angle. As I just have one 600EX and no ST-E3, the flash needs to stay on camera... Any other ideas? In the good old days one would have a long flash cord and have a second person hold the flash...

Many people do exactly this.  You can buy a cord and hold or mount the flash away from the camera.
The real thing is expensive, but knock offs exist for those who are occasional users, or do not mind tossing them if the wear out.
Example:  http://www.ebay.com/itm/3M-Cable-OC-E3-TTL-Off-Camera-Flash-Remote-Cord-For-Canon-Speedlite-EOS-580EX-II-/180941382301?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item2a20f2629d