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Adrian van Ammers

Difficult light, so I used some fill flash. What do you think?

lynnma

Adrian van Ammers wrote:

Difficult light, so I used some fill flash. What do you think?

What do I think??? I thinks its wonderful

digismile

Adrian,

I don't know whether your camera has the option to adjust flash output, but the fill flash is a bit too strong for my tastes.

That being said, the photo is way better with the existing fill flash than what I expect it would be without!

You could also try using a reflector of some kind (they're not too hard to improvise) in a lighting situation like this.

Very cute model

Brad

Adrian van Ammers

Brad, have a look at the orginal

digismile wrote:

Adrian,

I don't know whether your camera has the option to adjust flash output, but the fill flash is a bit too strong for my tastes.

That being said, the photo is way better with the existing fill flash than what I expect it would be without!

You could also try using a reflector of some kind (they're not too hard to improvise) in a lighting situation like this.

Very cute model

Brad

I wonder do you see the same effect in the orginal picture? It might be that I went too far in post. The bright parts in her hair on the left are sunlight.

gluwater

I don't think you went too far in post, I like how you processed it. Beautiful picture like always.

Nick

mereimage

No -you were right to PP- the orig. definitely needs some midtone boost to give it a little pop................Was this direct camera flash --these frequently benefit from a diffuser of some type-- these can be made from plastic milk cartons , translucent tape ect.... ....... you'll get lots of chances she's a cutie.............................Mereimage

Adrian van Ammers

Hi Lynn

lynnma wrote:

What do I think??? I thinks its wonderful

Thanks! Always a pleasure to meet you here!

thdizzy

Regarding flash diffusers - I just bought one of these http://www.lumiquest.com/softscreen.htm for $12 and love it. The results are amazing.

Adrian van Ammers

Thanks! A great idea...

thdizzy wrote:

Regarding flash diffusers - I just bought one of these http://www.lumiquest.com/softscreen.htm for $12 and love it. The results are amazing.

... for I have a lumiquest set for my Sony f32x but this one looks very smart for those occasions where it's too much trouble to set up the "biggie flash".

Adrian van Ammers

Thanks, Nick...

gluwater wrote:

I don't think you went too far in post, I like how you processed it. Beautiful picture like always.

Nick

I appreciate your comment. At STF dpreview somebody commented about the difference in color temperature of sun and flash. That's probably the reason why the light is a bit difficult.

PossumCorner

Top Models
This is a lovely photo. But the winner is one of those magic shots of the two of them at the piano - beautiful, check them out people, amazing expressions of concentration and - well, have a look.

Adrian van Ammers

Piano shots are here..

PossumCorner wrote:

This is a lovely photo. But the winner is one of those magic shots of the two of them at the piano - beautiful, check them out people, amazing expressions of concentration and - well, have a look.

The piano shots are here http://adrian.smugmug.com/gallery/105016/1/13909293
The piano shots really happened like that. I was amazed myself. Of course they both can not read or play but it's amazing to see how they "acted" like reading, playing and singing. Thanks for reminding me!
Here is another real story: Sophie discovered that there is water under a bridge
http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1009&message=8547860

Adrian van Ammers

Diffuser

mereimage wrote:

No -you were right to PP- the orig. definitely needs some midtone boost to give it a little pop................Was this direct camera flash --these frequently benefit from a diffuser of some type-- these can be made from plastic milk cartons , translucent tape ect.... ....... you'll get lots of chances she's a cutie.............................Mereimage

Yeah, I got to make me a diffuser. Thanks for the advice and your kind comments!