Red eyes in pictures???

Question:Why do eyes get red in pictures!??

I hate it! =(

Please explain.....

Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: Why do eyes get red in pictures!??

I hate it! =(

Please explain.....

The light of the flash occurs too fast for the iris of the eye to close the pupil. Light passes through the blood-rich area alongside the iris (called the choroid) and then strikes the retina. Some of the light is reflected back out through the iris. The camera records this reflected light which has now passed twice through the reddish choroid.

To keep it from happening try these techniques:

Taking pictures without flash by increasing the ambient lighting, opening the lens aperture, using a faster film or detector, or reducing the shutter speed.

Placing the flash away from the camera's optical axis ensures that the light from the flash hits the eye at an oblique angle. The light enters the eye in a direction away from the optical axis of the camera and is refocused by the eye lens back along the same axis. Because of this the retina will not be visible to the camera and the eyes will appear natural.

Having the subject not look straight at the camera, instead look at the shoulder of the photographer.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red-eye_eff...