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I do believe I read somewhere that light colored eyes are more pronounced, maybe the explanation was simply contrast.....as in red will pop next to blue, but blend in better with brown....

Comment by Don posted on Red Eye - Possible Cause at 21/12/2007 - 22:14

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you're welcome mac....the small battery operated video lights are cheap, have a slightly warm color balance and can be used in place of flash units...
of course people squint, at the bright light at first, but they adjust.

surprisingly good in low light, but amazing for people shots, outdoors, in bright sun...(fill light situations, with the added bonus of warming up your skintones, while not affecting your background colors!)

Comment by Don posted on Red Eye - Possible Cause at 21/12/2007 - 20:07

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on an aside note:
one of those two has better night vision than the other.....

I can suggest that turning up the ambient light, or adding a video light to your kit will dial down those "evil" pupils! (now, for those that have mother-in-laws with glowing red eyes...try Holy Water first....better safe than sorry.).

Comment by Don posted on Red Eye - Possible Cause at 21/12/2007 - 14:29

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in photoshop make a selection around the pupil, and select the color (using the wheel chart) from the eye....the color on the opposite side of the color wheel will be the complimentary (think magenta to cancel green), and set your opacity to 10% and paint out the green

Comment by Don posted on Red Eye - Possible Cause at 22/12/2007 - 04:16

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I always say "If you're standing in the middle of the road, go left you may get hit....go right you may get hit....stand where you are and you definately get hit....." in other words the worst descision is to make no descision.
Therefore decide to have both, devise a plan of action and move on it.

Comment by Don posted on christmas bonus... at 23/12/2007 - 14:01

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you Amaze me Galoot.
Here it is you, with your trusty camera, taking very nice photos of your lovely daughter and her friend, as they head off to a dance...(where there'll be hundreds of young boyz (each of whom having enough testosterone in thier systems to drop a race horse)).

Sadly I'd have been too preoccupied, remembering what I was like at that age.. to pick up a camera....I would be too tempted to pick up a baseball bat and a roll of duct tape.. and been lying in wait for any "Dates" that were foolhardy enough to be ringing my doorbell.....

Comment by Don posted on The 'School Dance' at 21/12/2007 - 07:55

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nice.
you seem to be getting whaat you are trying for.

Now try experimenting with color balance (try incandecent or indoor to start... then experiment with other settings.).

Comment by Don posted on Optio L40 at 29/12/2007 - 18:59

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huey works...there's a "Pro" software update available for a small fee.

Comment by Don posted on Huey or Spyder 2 at 20/12/2007 - 17:50

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seems vistek in toronto dropped pentax d-slrs from it's store and will only order in lenses on special order...
is that happening elsewhere?

Comment by Don posted on Pentax losing market share? at 20/12/2007 - 16:39

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Comment by Don posted on Copyright infringment article at 20/12/2007 - 16:30

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