need some advice please...

[nevinm]

so i said this in the other thread i started. i have this female and i just can not capture the true color of her eyes. her eyes are actually purple and this is what i keep getting.

it comes out as a greyish color. with out going out and buying a $3000 camara is there any way i can get a truer picture?

thanks guys
nev

 

[robin]

natural lighting, outside lighting. trying moving farther away from her and using the zoom to get closer to the eye. try with both with flash and no flash.

 

[nevinm]

did all the above already. the eye just always gets washed out

 

[robin]

did you try without the flash? also not try and get direct sun in her eye but you do want light getting into it just not direct sunlight.

 

[nevinm]

here are some out side photos. i guess over all with out a better camera i wont get it. i do have a very good cyber shot, but it was made for scenery. so i donno. here are a bunch of out side pics. and it still doesnt capture what i want, with and without direct sun light.

 

[KelliH]

Those are really great photos though. It's hard to capture true colors with digital photography, I think we all struggle with it.

 

[robin]

yeah you can see in those photos the purple better than in the others. eye shots are hard to get, i think i get lucky with mine sometimes LOL

 

[robin]

i think i get lucky with most of my photos though

 

[Chewbecca]

hm...you could try taping a piece of white paper over the flash on your camera or a white index card.
That will soften the light so that it's not drowning out your subject.

But, I'm not sure that will work as I've never tried it on anything but a DSLR.
And even pointing my flash right at my enigma's eyes, I STILL suffer trying to get the exact color of her eyes.
And it drives me crazy because they're absolutely gorgeous eyes.

 

[robin]

only way i can see the eyes of my geckos well is through the lens of a camera, well actually via the photo. maybe thats why i am ok at eye shots?

 

[Chewbecca]

Robin,

You're a talented and practiced photographer.

You have a natural (and somewhat trained) eye for photography.:main_yes:

 

[robin]

lol but not good eyes!

shoot honestly becca most of the shots i take are by using a one of the preset manual modes because the type on the instructions of my camera manual are too small for me to see, so i taught myself LOL
man if i knew stuff about f numbers and time values and aperture values, i could really take some awesome photos LOL
i can't even see some of the things on the display (settings and such) on the back LOL

 

[robin]

i didnt teach myself. i have adapted heh

 

[Mel&Keith]

man if i knew stuff about f numbers and time values and aperture values, i could really take some awesome photos LOL

LOL, Robin! Just goes to show that practice makes perfect.

Nevin, I've noticed that taking photos a little darker than you think they should be tend to give a truer color value and more detail. You can always lighten them a little in an editor if you need to. Your natural light photos look great. I would try taking them in an even shadier area and see how that works.

 

[robin]

LOL, Robin! Just goes to show that practice makes perfect.

Nevin, I've noticed that taking photos a little darker than you think they should be tend to give a truer color value and more detail. You can always lighten them a little in an editor if you need to. Your natural light photos look great. I would try taking them in an even shadier area and see how that works.

an overcast day might be a good day to get the right colors on these eyes. hmmm

p.s. mel, i am farrr from perfect lol

 

[Retribution Reptiles]

I have found using a light box with daylight enery saver bulbs going through white felt to defuse the light and tweaking my iso setting helps alot. I also tweak some other settings on my camera that i have no clue what they are called.

I think your best option to start with is you ISO setting and working from there.

 

[BalloonzForU]

I can see some of the purple in the last photo and man thos are some devilish eyes!! Stunning!!

 

[robin]

I have found using a light box with daylight enery saver bulbs going through white felt to defuse the light and tweaking my iso setting helps alot. I also tweak some other settings on my camera that i have no clue what they are called.

I think your best option to start with is you ISO setting and working from there.

1) he may not have a light box
2) he may not have a camera he can change the iso on

read one of the original posts of his

 

[Retribution Reptiles]

a light box takes about $10 to make and i would say most digital cameras made today have a type of iso setting on it. it may not be labeled as such but there is a setting that can change white balance and iso settings.

 

[ElapidSVT]

unfortunately, you'll have to use film if you really want to capture the true colors. slide film is preferrable.

cmos sensors, ccds... nothing really matches the human eye's infinite response to colors as well as good old, analog film!

good luck,
rob