Glowing animal eyes.

[Jaedon]

My dog Buddy treed a pair of raccoons the other night and I went out to bring him back in so I grabbed the camera and took a few shots.

Now shooting any animal at night with their reflective eyes is extremely difficult when you have to use a flash.

Does anyone know an easier technique to remove the "yellow" eyes other than doing what I did?

I took an image I had taken in daylight and then cut out the face and sized it to macth then erased everything but the eyes layered over the night time shot. I then cloned out the reflective light off the face to bring it back to a more natural look. I have read that there is a way to use the color mixer tool to remove this cast from the eyes but I have yet to figure out how to do it.

Here's my before and after shots. How's my post work and if anyone knows a faster easier technique I would greatly appreciate the tips.

OH yeah.. and Manual focus all around... (Thanks loupey for making me practice this in the daylight) do all cameras have such a hard time focusing under low light conditions like this?