Question about taking pictures of leos?

[Rosalie Spot]

I kind of thought that when you take a picture, it might hurt my little leo's eyes. Is this true? I dont want to hurt my little girl, but i want to take pics of her. I didnt with my last leopard gecko and i regret it

 

[STUTFL]

You can try taking a pic in natural daylight or even under a light; it's not as bright or focused as a camera flash.

 

[Rosalie Spot]

will it still be blurry?

 

[Shera]

will it still be blurry?

You might get motion blur if it's not bright enough. I use an external flash aimed at the ceiling to take pics of my geckos.

 

[fallen_angel]

I am not sure if it really hurts their eyes or not.. it doesn't seem to, IMO.. I mean, when I try to take pics of our cats, the cats almost always have their eyes cloes in the pics because I guess the flash is far too bright for them.. this isn't really ever a problem with the geckos.. I would only worry about albino ones, but they will shut their eyes if the lighting is far too bright.

 

[Enigmatic_Reptiles]

+1. I think the flash scares them more then hurts them. Yea im sure it affects their eyes like any bright light would but I dont think it hurts them.

 

[Sol]

yeah, i never shoot with flash, it washes it out too much...
just try shooting in natural light...

 

[andred82vert]

you wouldn't want to use flash anyway. The best way is to take a photo of him/her outside in the middle of the day. White balance it with a card so the colors are true and accurate :main_yes:

 

[fallen_angel]

For some reason our camera isn't good with taking natural light pics *at all* ..I always use the flash and still have to adjust the brightness/contrast to bring out their true colors