Foxy eyes

The glowing eyes are caused because they reflect the light from your flash. The eyes of many animals including foxes, cats and dogs act like mirrors so that they can see better at night - they effectively double the amount of light available to see with. Foxes, like cats, have an extra "mirror" layer at the back of the eye behind the retina, which means that the incoming light has two chances to hit the rods. This mirror layer is called the "tapetum lucidum". It's made from 15 types of cells, and is very reflective. It glows a silvery-greeny-golden colour when a bright light shines on it.

When camera flash is used on us, it gives "red eyes" in portraits of humans. Our eyes appear red because the flash lights up the blood vessels behind our eyes. We do not have the reflective mirror lens of the fox, dog and cat.

To avoid the golden glowing eyes when photographing animals, don't use flash. If that is unavoidable, then you will have to use some sort of editing software to correct the glow (or red eye in humans). Then again - golden eyes can look very mysterious and turn your ordinary fox into a "were-fox" from a Hammer horror film :D In your picture, the glow is not excessive and doesn't spoil your excellent photograph at all.

 

I've taken the liberty of painting out the glow in your fox's eyes, WOO. You may or may not prefer it

 

I like it too, but if you want to adjust it most applications have a red eye feature now days. Mine is quite old and basic but you get the idea.

 

You beat me by a minute that time, getting quicker :D and its better than mine :rolleyes:

 

Woo you will be able to take some cracking foxy photos now with your new found knowledge. Don't forget to share them all with us :D

 

Serves you right,more men should learn to cook then it would give the galley slaves a rest :D :D

 

And take Gypsy for a long walk,you forgot that one :D

 

WhenI opened the back gate to go on to the allotment who do I see a foxy lady, we looked at each other and then Colin my cat shooed her off. :D