redeye in b&w?

[Kim22]

There are some pictures that I've taken (in black and white) that have "red-eye", even though it's b&w. Do you know what I mean? (If it was in color, I can tell that it would be red.) Here's an example, look at the groom's eyes... http://im1.shutterfly.com/procserv/47b3cf25b3127cce812e5b599c530000004610

Is there a way to correct this after the pic is taken? Thanks! ~Kim

[astroman]

Kim,
Most of the time I have seen red eye is when the subject is looking straight at the camera and not at an angle like the fellow in this photo. It could be the particular physiology of this man's eyes that caused an anomaly as a result of the flash (is it possible he was wearing some sort of reflective contact lens?).
Whatever the case, your only recourse, as I see it, is to do some sort of retouching in photoshop by zooming and selecting the part of the eye then using curves or some other darkening function. But the result should be a lot easier to get than if the pic was in color.

G

[pradeep1]

I've seen offset redeye when taking pictures from the side. This especially true if the person is drunk and is in dimly lighted rooms. I've got plenty of those shots with my own G3 to speak from experience. Looking at your picture, I could believe that you do have red-eye, just that's gray-eye in B&W. The retina will reflect the light and wash out eye features in B&W just as it does in color. Also, as astroman said, it could be this person was wearing some type of contact lens that would aggravate the problem.

In any case, this should be easier to fix than in most situations. All you will have to do is darken the centers of the eyes a little bit and add a small black dot and you should have their eyes looking normal quickly.

Regards,

Pradeep

[walkien]

I think he's wearing contact lens .

http://im1.shutterfly.com/procserv/47b3cf24b3127cce81d624aec4890000001610

[Kim22]

Walkien- That picture that you posted are not his "real" eyes. I let my photo program "auto fix" the red-eye and that's how it turned out! I'm going to have to fix that before I print it! LOL I don't know whether or not he wears contacts. I'll have to ask sometime!

[paul162brown]

Just one quick comment, not on the original question I hasten to add. Why I the groom not bloody smiling!!!???? Miserable sod!! I know he may fell like he has just made the worst move of his life, but he could at least pretend he is happy!!!!!

Paul

[pradeep1]

He is smiling in the second photo. The first photo was a picture of him contemplating the future. A pensive shot I think. Now answer this question...who's the photographer? Kim22 or Walkien?

[Kim22]

pradeep1 wrote:
He is smiling in the second photo. The first photo was a picture of him contemplating the future. A pensive shot I think. Now answer this question...who's the photographer? Kim22 or Walkien?

I am! :)

[pradeep1]

So then how did Walkien post other photos of the same couple?

[walkien]

I found that under Kim22's other post.

[pradeep1]

very good sir.

[Man-Fai Wong]

Kim22 wrote:
Walkien- That picture that you posted are not his "real" eyes. I let my photo program "auto fix" the red-eye and that's how it turned out! I'm going to have to fix that before I print it! LOL I don't know whether or not he wears contacts. I'll have to ask sometime!

Kim,

The red-eye reduction on the G3 (and most Canon digicams) is a joke. It doesn't really work -- don't know why Canon bothers to call it that since it's ridiculous to have to point the light at everybody's eyes. If you had a 420ex flash attached, you would be better off doing a preflash to help reduce red-eye than relying on the G3's non-feature.

_Man_

[Kim22]

Can anyone give me some info as to how to go about correcting the red-eye? I have Photoshop 5.5 and Microsoft Picture-It 2001. What's the best way to fix this?

[Man-Fai Wong]

Kim22 wrote:
Can anyone give me some info as to how to go about correcting the red-eye? I have Photoshop 5.5 and Microsoft Picture-It 2001. What's the best way to fix this?


Hi again, Kim.

Well, since nobody has answered, I guess I'll give it a shot although I don't do red-eye correction very often to know of a very good way -- haven't really needed to.

What I would do is zoom in to maybe 200% level and then just use a small size brush to paint over the red-eye w/ a slightly darker color of the rest of the pupil. If the pupil is dark brown, I'd use a darker brown, if possible -- if not, then just go w/ the same brown. A good way to get this color in PS is to use the eyedropper tool to sample the pupil's color, and then, change the color darker using the color picker tool (by doubleclicking on the foreground color patch in the Tools window and changing the "B" brightness value).

Make sure to leave whatever "white" sparkle of the eye intact. If there's no sparkle at all, then maybe adding just a little sparkle where the red-eye was might be good in addition to the above.

Hope this helps.

_Man_