Quote: How do I go about removing the yellow-eye (as opposed to people red-eye) in my dog photos? Of course the red-eye removal feature doesn't work and I don't have the pet-eye removal feature on my camera or smart phone.

Any ideas?

Perhaps this YouTube video will be of help. It shows precise color adjustments using a dog as the subject.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sZv82EJ1qI8 .
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Hello Cindy & hi Steve,

The tutorial Steve has linked should give you a great start, Cindy. With pet shots, it's essentially the same problem as "red eye" (flash reflection on retina), but I'm not sure why the colour differs. Possible due to shape?

Some ways to avoid the problem are not using a flash (if possible) or time the shot so the subject isn't looking right at the camera.

In any case, using a selection/adjustment mask, as shown in the tutorial, and applying adjustments like decreasing exposure & green/yellow saturation will help to rectify the issue.



One thing to be cautious of when you're setting the adjustment mask is to make sure you include the very edge of the pupil. On a couple of my attempts just now the poor dog was left with a green edge around its pupils.

Keep up the good work Steve.

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Thanks for the information Steve & PIX!

I will try that. My husband, who is a veterinarian, said that the reason the colors are different is because the back of the dog's eye is different than humans. That's why they can see better at night, but sure makes for some strange pics!

Here are a couple of pics of my standard poodles - one with a flash and one without a flash. Unfortunately, since my poodles are black, a flash usually helps. Otherwise, most times all you can see is a black blob!

Again, thanks for the input!
Cindy

PS - Don't know if I sent these pics right. I was trying to insert & attach and don't know if either came thru. By the way, how do you insert pics into these form questions?

EEK Cindy! That's scarey

I did some digging myself on canine eye structure. If I'd known you have a vet on your team I could have asked here! Here's a simple (non-vet) explanation http://petphotographytips.wordpress.com/2011/02/16/what-do-my-dogs-eyes-have-a-ghostly-green-glow-in-photographs/

The photo you posted of the "alien" dogs is quite extreme. The glow extends way beyond the edges of their eyes. I don't really know whether you'd be able to fix that. PhD is good, but I'm not sure it's up to a task like that.



Here are some instructions for displaying images in your post https://forum.cyberlink.com/forum/posts/list/24696.page#146280

Thank you Cindy. I've learnt a lot about the fovea and tapetum lucidum

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