How to Prevent the Red-Eye Effect in Photographs
Has the red eye effect destroyed a lot of your potentially great pictures?
Well it does so for most of us.
As evident from the term, the red eye effect is the discolouration of our original eye colour in a photograph. It is caused due to the camera flash hitting directly on our eye’s retina. The iris of the eye does not get any time to contract before the flash of bright light hits it. The red glow in our eyes ruins everything and gives a pretty much normal person an alien look. Of course we do have these red eye effect removing software available which can treat it after the picture is taken, but why not prevent it in the first place and spare ourselves the horror of looking at bad pictures? We sure can with the help of our step by step guide below. Read on and prevent the red eye effect so that every picture you take is a guaranteed good one.
Instructions
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Since the effect is the cause of the flash directly hitting on the retina, avoid doing do. While taking the picture, direct the flash upward, away from direct contact with the person’s eyes. This will reduce the chances of the red eye effect.
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Avoid the use of flash. Flash is normally used when the environment is dark and you need it to light up the object. So if you really want to avoid red eye effect, turn on lights if possible so that there is no need to use flash. When the background is bright, turn off the flash settings and you will get rid of any possibility of red eye effect. Turning on as much light as possible reduces the power of the flash thrown. Less powerful the flash, lesser are the chances of red eye.
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Most cameras today come with an anti red-eye function. This function works by the flash blinking a few times before actually taking a picture. Due to this blinking, the human eye iris gets time to contract for the splash of light and is ready for the upcoming flash of the picture. This contraction prevents any red eye formation. Turn this function before you take a picture in the dark. Even some good cell phones have this function apart from digital cameras themselves.
