Human eye

hi all,
I have recently been trying to photograph human eyes to try and see
the patterns in the iris. i would just like to know if anyone has and
tips it would be greatly appreciated.


thanks michal Philips

PentaxSLR wrote:
hi all,
I have recently been trying to photograph human eyes to try and see
the patterns in the iris. i would just like to know if anyone has and
tips it would be greatly appreciated.


thanks michal Philips

Macro lens, person lies on floor beneath down-pointed tripod.
Small aperture, fast shutter, off-camera flash for minimized highlight.

Here are a couple I took of my niece and nephew...
These are rough, but give you the idea. Irises are fascinating:
http://upload.pbase.com/image/74788427/original
http://upload.pbase.com/markuson/ima...88428/original

It's tough with kids, because they get twitchy with a lens a few inches from
their face (note the redness in the "Nephew" pic... His eyes started to
water because the proximity of the lens bugged him a bit).

Also, they aren't as good at holding still.
These aren't great, and were just quickies, but with care and time, it's not
dificult to get some pretty nice detail.

-Mark²

--
Images (Plus Snaps & Grabs) by Mark² at:
www.pbase.com/markuson

On Feb 24, 3:42 pm, "Mark²" mjmorgan(lowest even number
wrote:
PentaxSLR wrote:
hi all,
I have recently been trying to photograph human eyes to try and see
the patterns in the iris. i would just like to know if anyone has and
tips it would be greatly appreciated.

thanks michal Philips

Macro lens, person lies on floor beneath down-pointed tripod.
Small aperture, fast shutter, off-camera flash for minimized highlight.

Here are a couple I took of my niece and nephew...
These are rough, but give you the idea. Irises are fascinating:http://upload.pbase.com/image/747884...88428/original

It's tough with kids, because they get twitchy with a lens a few inches from
their face (note the redness in the "Nephew" pic... His eyes started to
water because the proximity of the lens bugged him a bit).

Also, they aren't as good at holding still.
These aren't great, and were just quickies, but with care and time, it's not
dificult to get some pretty nice detail.

-Mark²

--
Images (Plus Snaps & Grabs) by Mark² at:
www.pbase.com/markuson

I thought they were quite good Mark. Very sharp and the colors are
wonderfully real.
Helen

wrote:
On Feb 24, 3:42 pm, "Mark²" mjmorgan(lowest even number
wrote:
PentaxSLR wrote:
hi all,
I have recently been trying to photograph human eyes to try and
see the patterns in the iris. i would just like to know if anyone
has and tips it would be greatly appreciated.

thanks michal Philips

Macro lens, person lies on floor beneath down-pointed tripod.
Small aperture, fast shutter, off-camera flash for minimized
highlight.

Here are a couple I took of my niece and nephew...
These are rough, but give you the idea. Irises are
fascinating:http://upload.pbase.com/image/747884...88428/original

It's tough with kids, because they get twitchy with a lens a few
inches from
their face (note the redness in the "Nephew" pic... His eyes
started to
water because the proximity of the lens bugged him a bit).

Also, they aren't as good at holding still.
These aren't great, and were just quickies, but with care and time,
it's not
dificult to get some pretty nice detail.

-Mark²

--
Images (Plus Snaps & Grabs) by Mark² at:
www.pbase.com/markuson

I thought they were quite good Mark. Very sharp and the colors are
wonderfully real.
Helen

Thanks, Helen. Those are indeed the real colors. The only thing I did was
use unsharp mask to incease contrast.

--
Images (Plus Snaps & Grabs) by Mark² at:
www.pbase.com/markuson

On 24 Feb, 21:36, "Mark²" mjmorgan(lowest even number
wrote:
wrote:
On Feb 24, 3:42 pm, "Mark²" mjmorgan(lowest even number
wrote:
PentaxSLR wrote:
hi all,
I have recently been trying to photograph human eyes to try and
see the patterns in the iris. i would just like to know if anyone
has and tips it would be greatly appreciated.

thanks michal Philips

Macro lens, person lies on floor beneath down-pointed tripod.
Small aperture, fast shutter, off-camera flash for minimized
highlight.

Here are a couple I took of my niece and nephew...
These are rough, but give you the idea. Irises are
fascinating:http://upload.pbase.com/image/747884...pload.pbase.co...

It's tough with kids, because they get twitchy with a lens a few
inches from
their face (note the redness in the "Nephew" pic... His eyes
started to
water because the proximity of the lens bugged him a bit).

Also, they aren't as good at holding still.
These aren't great, and were just quickies, but with care and time,
it's not
dificult to get some pretty nice detail.

-Mark²

--
Images (Plus Snaps & Grabs) by Mark² at:
www.pbase.com/markuson

I thought they were quite good Mark. Very sharp and the colors are
wonderfully real.
Helen

Thanks, Helen. Those are indeed the real colors. The only thing I did was
use unsharp mask to incease contrast.

--
Images (Plus Snaps & Grabs) by Mark² at:
www.pbase.com/markuson- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

Thanks for the tips Mark² I tried a few of your suggestions and got a
few good shots here is one of them
http://www.flickr.com/photos/39059056@N00/401059288/
it is now focused especialy well but thats because it is a shot of my
own eye ill try on somone else tomarrow

PentaxSLR wrote:
On 24 Feb, 21:36, "Mark²" mjmorgan(lowest even number
wrote:
wrote:
On Feb 24, 3:42 pm, "Mark²" mjmorgan(lowest even number
wrote:
PentaxSLR wrote:
hi all,
I have recently been trying to photograph human eyes to try and
see the patterns in the iris. i would just like to know if anyone
has and tips it would be greatly appreciated.

thanks michal Philips

Macro lens, person lies on floor beneath down-pointed tripod.
Small aperture, fast shutter, off-camera flash for minimized
highlight.

Here are a couple I took of my niece and nephew...
These are rough, but give you the idea. Irises are
fascinating:http://upload.pbase.com/image/747884...pload.pbase.co...

It's tough with kids, because they get twitchy with a lens a few
inches from
their face (note the redness in the "Nephew" pic... His eyes
started to
water because the proximity of the lens bugged him a bit).

Also, they aren't as good at holding still.
These aren't great, and were just quickies, but with care and time,
it's not
dificult to get some pretty nice detail.

-Mark²

--
Images (Plus Snaps & Grabs) by Mark² at:
www.pbase.com/markuson

I thought they were quite good Mark. Very sharp and the colors are
wonderfully real.
Helen

Thanks, Helen. Those are indeed the real colors. The only thing I
did was use unsharp mask to incease contrast.

--
Images (Plus Snaps & Grabs) by Mark² at:
www.pbase.com/markuson- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

Thanks for the tips Mark² I tried a few of your suggestions and got a
few good shots here is one of them
http://www.flickr.com/photos/39059056@N00/401059288/
it is now focused especialy well but thats because it is a shot of my
own eye ill try on somone else tomarrow

I haven't tried my own eye, since it's hard enough to get it right while
looking through the viewfinder... Your posted shot didn't seem to indicate
aperture/shutter, but it looks like an available light shot. you may find
that you need flash...or extremely bright light in order to freeze the tiny
motions most people have in their eyes...but beyond that, use a pretty small
aperture since you'll have a much more forgiving DOF--though at close range,
DOF remains tiny.


--
Images (Plus Snaps & Grabs) by Mark² at:
www.pbase.com/markuson

Mark² wrote:
PentaxSLR wrote:
Mark² wrote:
wrote:
Mark² wrote:
PentaxSLR wrote:

hi all,
I have recently been trying to photograph human eyes to try and
see the patterns in the iris. i would just like to know if anyone
has and tips it would be greatly appreciated.

thanks michal Philips

Macro lens, person lies on floor beneath down-pointed tripod.
Small aperture, fast shutter, off-camera flash for minimized
highlight.

Here are a couple I took of my niece and nephew...
These are rough, but give you the idea. Irises are
fascinating:http://upload.pbase.com/image/747884...pload.pbase.co...

It's tough with kids, because they get twitchy with a lens a few
inches from
their face (note the redness in the "Nephew" pic... His eyes
started to
water because the proximity of the lens bugged him a bit).

Also, they aren't as good at holding still.
These aren't great, and were just quickies, but with care and time,
it's not
dificult to get some pretty nice detail.

I thought they were quite good Mark. Very sharp and the colors are
wonderfully real.
Helen

Thanks, Helen. Those are indeed the real colors. The only thing I
did was use unsharp mask to incease contrast.

Thanks for the tips Mark² I tried a few of your suggestions and got a
few good shots here is one of them
http://www.flickr.com/photos/39059056@N00/401059288/
it is now focused especialy well but thats because it is a shot of my
own eye ill try on somone else tomarrow

I haven't tried my own eye, since it's hard enough to get it right while
looking through the viewfinder... Your posted shot didn't seem to indicate
aperture/shutter, but it looks like an available light shot. you may find
that you need flash...or extremely bright light in order to freeze the tiny
motions most people have in their eyes...but beyond that, use a pretty small
aperture since you'll have a much more forgiving DOF--though at close range,
DOF remains tiny.

That is very difficult! I tried it on my own eye by machine-gunning to
nail the focus with ISO cranked up (no off camera flash)...
....not very good at all but:
http://www.edgehill.net/1/?SC=go.php&DIR=Misc/misc-photos/2007-02-24-eye
I had to face away from a bright window & still got a bunch of the
window reflected. You must have done that in a dark rook with flash to
the side, I kept getting the camera in the reflection till I faced away
from the window & angled the camera away from straight on.

That_Rich wrote:
On Sat, 24 Feb 2007 12:42:23 -0800, "Mark²" mjmorgan(lowest even
number wrote:

PentaxSLR wrote:
hi all,
I have recently been trying to photograph human eyes to try and
see the patterns in the iris. i would just like to know if anyone
has and tips it would be greatly appreciated.


thanks michal Philips

Macro lens, person lies on floor beneath down-pointed tripod.
Small aperture, fast shutter, off-camera flash for minimized
highlight.

Here are a couple I took of my niece and nephew...
These are rough, but give you the idea. Irises are fascinating:
http://upload.pbase.com/image/74788427/original
http://upload.pbase.com/markuson/ima...88428/original

It's tough with kids, because they get twitchy with a lens a few
inches from their face (note the redness in the "Nephew" pic...
His eyes started to water because the proximity of the lens bugged
him a bit).

Also, they aren't as good at holding still.
These aren't great, and were just quickies, but with care and time,
it's not dificult to get some pretty nice detail.



I concur with Mark.
Macro lens and flash. In this one I used flash on camera at 45 degrees
with a sto-fen diffuser and a large *indirectly* sunny window 90
degrees to her left.....

http://www.pbase.com/that_rich/image/42510643

Cheers,

RP©

Is that your daughter's eye? Now shoot one without all that gloppy make-up,
and without so much contrast/saturation. From what I've seen of their eyes,
they don't need much in the way of manupulation or make-up. Wow! are their
eyes ever incredible...-Like in this one:
http://www.pbase.com/that_rich/image/47895463

--
Images (Plus Snaps & Grabs) by Mark² at:
www.pbase.com/markuson

That_Rich wrote:
On Sat, 24 Feb 2007 16:29:17 -0800, "Mark²" mjmorgan(lowest even
number wrote:

That_Rich wrote:
On Sat, 24 Feb 2007 12:42:23 -0800, "Mark²" mjmorgan(lowest even
number wrote:

PentaxSLR wrote:
hi all,
I have recently been trying to photograph human eyes to try and
see the patterns in the iris. i would just like to know if anyone
has and tips it would be greatly appreciated.


thanks michal Philips

Macro lens, person lies on floor beneath down-pointed tripod.
Small aperture, fast shutter, off-camera flash for minimized
highlight.

Here are a couple I took of my niece and nephew...
These are rough, but give you the idea. Irises are fascinating:
http://upload.pbase.com/image/74788427/original
http://upload.pbase.com/markuson/ima...88428/original

It's tough with kids, because they get twitchy with a lens a few
inches from their face (note the redness in the "Nephew" pic...
His eyes started to water because the proximity of the lens bugged
him a bit).

Also, they aren't as good at holding still.
These aren't great, and were just quickies, but with care and time,
it's not dificult to get some pretty nice detail.



I concur with Mark.
Macro lens and flash. In this one I used flash on camera at 45
degrees with a sto-fen diffuser and a large *indirectly* sunny
window 90 degrees to her left.....

http://www.pbase.com/that_rich/image/42510643

Cheers,

RP©

Is that your daughter's eye? Now shoot one without all that gloppy
make-up, and without so much contrast/saturation. From what I've
seen of their eyes, they don't need much in the way of manupulation
or make-up. Wow! are their eyes ever incredible...-Like in this one:
http://www.pbase.com/that_rich/image/47895463

In hind sight I remember having the flash off camera about 2 feet
left. Not that it's important but it should be mentioned.

I asked Jill to "glop" on the makeup and boosted saturation

Booooooo!


--
Images (Plus Snaps & Grabs) by Mark² at:
www.pbase.com/markuson

Mark² wrote:
That_Rich wrote:

On Sat, 24 Feb 2007 16:29:17 -0800, "Mark²" mjmorgan(lowest even
number wrote:


That_Rich wrote:

On Sat, 24 Feb 2007 12:42:23 -0800, "Mark²" mjmorgan(lowest even
number wrote:


PentaxSLR wrote:

hi all,
I have recently been trying to photograph human eyes to try and
see the patterns in the iris. i would just like to know if anyone
has and tips it would be greatly appreciated.


thanks michal Philips

Macro lens, person lies on floor beneath down-pointed tripod.
Small aperture, fast shutter, off-camera flash for minimized
highlight.

Here are a couple I took of my niece and nephew...
These are rough, but give you the idea. Irises are fascinating:
http://upload.pbase.com/image/74788427/original
http://upload.pbase.com/markuson/ima...88428/original

It's tough with kids, because they get twitchy with a lens a few
inches from their face (note the redness in the "Nephew" pic...
His eyes started to water because the proximity of the lens bugged
him a bit).

Also, they aren't as good at holding still.
These aren't great, and were just quickies, but with care and time,
it's not dificult to get some pretty nice detail.



I concur with Mark.
Macro lens and flash. In this one I used flash on camera at 45
degrees with a sto-fen diffuser and a large *indirectly* sunny
window 90 degrees to her left.....

http://www.pbase.com/that_rich/image/42510643

Cheers,

RP©

Is that your daughter's eye? Now shoot one without all that gloppy
make-up, and without so much contrast/saturation. From what I've
seen of their eyes, they don't need much in the way of manupulation
or make-up. Wow! are their eyes ever incredible...-Like in this one:
http://www.pbase.com/that_rich/image/47895463

In hind sight I remember having the flash off camera about 2 feet
left. Not that it's important but it should be mentioned.

I asked Jill to "glop" on the makeup and boosted saturation


Booooooo!



I concur. Let's see a natural eye!