Trying to capture dark brown eyes is not easy..

[tink]

I took these of my daughter the other day and this was one of the few times I have been able to capture their true colour.





and this of her lucious lashes

[paulnj]

Nice images wendy, but maybe a reflector will help to get better lighting to the eyes ? Being a wildlife shooter mostly, I haven't tried that myself though.

[Sebastian]

These are nice shots, but to help with the color try a custom white balance, these are off because of that.

[livin4lax09]

how about fill flash? It creates a catch light in the eyes, and may help to lighten them up a bit. unless you already used fill flash...but if you did, there should be a small white circle in the very center of the eyes.

[tink]

Nice images wendy, but maybe a reflector will help to get better lighting to the eyes ? Being a wildlife shooter mostly, I haven't tried that myself though.

Thanks Paul, I do have a reflector too, never thought to drag that along on this occassion. Might give it a try next time and bring back the results!

[tink]

These are nice shots, but to help with the color try a custom white balance, these are off because of that.

Thanks Sebastian. Never used Custom WB. Any suggestions what to use to set it up? I know how to, just dont know what to use. Some say use a Pringles lid but ours are clear would that be ok?

[tink]

how about fill flash? It creates a catch light in the eyes, and may help to lighten them up a bit. unless you already used fill flash...but if you did, there should be a small white circle in the very center of the eyes.

I knew someone would suggest flash! I'm not a flash kinda person I'm afraid. Although I have the SB800 I only use it in extreme circumstances (indoors at night!) I dont like how it puts that dot in the eyes. Thanks for the ideas though!

[Cowgirl]

Photographing kids is fun, esp. when they are your own.

May I suggest?

I like to really be on their 'level'.... get the camera lower. Lay or sit on the ground if you have to.

Second use a reflector, fill in the darker areas a bit, esp. since you don't like fill flash.

Third, a catchlight in the eye adds life. Compare just the eyes on #1 & #2 - JUST THE EYES. Which set of eyes 'jump' out at you, full of energy and life... For me its #2, and the reflective light in her eye in #2 is the main reason, even with the hair strands covering part of the eye, they are much more interesting than the first.

So for your 'eye' series here, #2 is the strongest image for me.

Keep shooting!
Kathy

[Asylum Steve]

Well, I don't think the third shot captures her eye color quite as well as the first two... :cryin:

Hah, just teasing. Yep, she has great dark eyes. As you seem to have discovered, soft diffuse light almost always brings out the saturation in colors, especially darker ones...