Queensland Sun - I am reflected in his eyes!

[Ari77]

Hey, am pretty new to this as well. But am having a few issues with reflections in the eyes of my subjects. In the first one I can see blue sky and even the colour of the top I was wearing. Second one is not so bad, but still there and quite distracting. As well as it tends to give a blue tint to his eyes - which are actually green.

So any help to get rid of this would be great! We don't have many cloudy/overcast days here, so help would be much appreciated.

Thanks!

Ari

Image One:


Camera: Nikon D90
Exposure: 0.001 sec (1/1000)
Aperture: f/4.8
Focal Length: 50 mm
ISO Speed: 640
Exposure Bias: 0 EV
Flash: Auto, Did not fire

[Maik]

Hello Ari,

I do not think the reflection in the eyes of the cute boy are distracting. I like the reflections. In most portraits you will see reflections in the eyes. It will give you a better look that the model is alive.
You could brighten up the eyes a bit in photoshop.
gr. Maik

[Niresangwa]

white balance is a little off, but not a big deal. as far as the clarity of the focus and the eyes, i think many would be envious. nicely done.

[Laurenbiz]

The only problem that hit me was the very obvious difference in white balance. Were you experimenting with different types of white balance? The bottom photo has more of a correct white balance for my taste as the balance appears more 'warm.' The top is too blue for me!

The reflections in the eyes are really the last thing I would notice! You could always correct those with post-processing, too.

Happy Friday :-)

[TheEagleSpirit]

I like the bottom one much better. Maybe some didn't notice the difference in film speed in the two pictures but I did. I also use a Nikon D 90 and have a lot to learn. You are doing great but keep practicing as practice makes perfect. As for white balance, I leave mine set on auto. In fact two different and completely different lens settings etc. Backgrounds are even different causing the lighting in both to be different.