Is this normal?

Westie · 20 Dec 2008 at 00:19

really freaked me out when i saw it, girl on right is a real life friend! but girl on left is wtf! is this something normal or something wrong with the picture????

sorry wrong picture lol

Sukh · 20 Dec 2008 at 00:20

Contact lens?

sigma · 20 Dec 2008 at 00:21

I guess you've never seen a photo with red eye before?

Turtles · 20 Dec 2008 at 00:23

Eddie · 20 Dec 2008 at 00:23

I've never seen a photo with just the one red eye before.

Westie · 20 Dec 2008 at 00:23

yea i have but not 1 lol

crunchee · 20 Dec 2008 at 00:24

hmm that is a lil freaky probably a freak eye but hey i've seen worse

tigerstyle · 20 Dec 2008 at 00:24

arc@css · 20 Dec 2008 at 00:24

Terminator!

edit : Ahh! ^^ beat me to it.

sigma · 20 Dec 2008 at 00:24

Maybe she's a terminator!?

Dr.EM · 20 Dec 2008 at 00:24

I guess one eye was pointing enough away from the flash not to catch the reflection. The other possibility is that she is the terminator, in which case you should be afraid.

rz30 · 20 Dec 2008 at 00:25

poltergeist

Dark_Angel · 20 Dec 2008 at 00:25

Red eye is caused by the camera flash against the retina I believe - and just because of our retinas it is a red color.

Interestingly, I have heard that firing the flash once before the photo, and then taking the photo (in other words flash -> Photo+flash) helps to reduce it.

As for the girl on the left, her eye probably didn't catch the reflection of the camera enough to cause red eye.

Judge Mental · 20 Dec 2008 at 00:25

Cyberdine Systems Model 101

Always carry a German Shepherd for safety.

sigma · 20 Dec 2008 at 00:27

4 Terminator posts in 1 min, Skynet is watching!!!

2blue4u · 20 Dec 2008 at 00:34

red-eye reflex is normal. What we are seeing there is either a fluke with her right eye turned slightly away (a squint - but it doesn't look like it) or she has a retinoblastoma. Has she ever had a similar single red-eye reflex in recent photos? A non-red-eye reflex or a white-eye reflex suggests she should have an eye check up by a specialist as a matter of urgency.

tigerstyle · 20 Dec 2008 at 00:37

2blue4u said:
red-eye reflex is normal. What we are seeing there is either a fluke with her right eye turned slightly away (a squint - but it doesn't look like it) or she has a retinoblastoma. Has she ever had a similar single red-eye reflex in recent photos? A non-red-eye reflex or a white-eye reflex suggests she should have an eye check up by a specialist as a matter of urgency.

...yawn...

Terminator for the win

LOL

PinkFloyd · 20 Dec 2008 at 00:39

/Obligatory "Is your friend Sarah Connor?" post

Tefal · 20 Dec 2008 at 00:43

2blue4u said:
red-eye reflex is normal. What we are seeing there is either a fluke with her right eye turned slightly away (a squint - but it doesn't look like it) or she has a retinoblastoma. Has she ever had a similar single red-eye reflex in recent photos? A non-red-eye reflex or a white-eye reflex suggests she should have an eye check up by a specialist as a matter of urgency.

retinoblastoma show up as white/yellow iirc, not red eye.

2blue4u · 20 Dec 2008 at 00:44

Tefal said:
retinoblastoma show up as white/yellow iirc, not red eye.

Yes, it can show up as white or yellow. But the absence of red-eye when it would normally be expected is also an indicator.