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(can a mod tell me how to fix the photo so if you click on it, it opens up in another window ? the forum makes the shot look too soft. ty...i think i fixed it, but i dont know what size is being displayed on the forum...is that 800px ?)

Who's first to match the thread title with the photo ?



strobist here:
my DIY softbox got double diffusion and am much happier with the light.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/10435080@N00/3784832738/

i was really happy with this one aswell but i screwed up the light on my eye. just a fraction too far to the right and the softbox nuked my eye. goddamit hard to get right with a selfie.



C&C welcome.

Great photos! The bribery would be the half eaten freddo frog right ?

Strobist would be proud of these. Great balance between flash and ambient, looks like your using some CTO gels too, helps create the warm feeling.

yeah well picked craig.
i did use 1/2 cto gels. to my eyes it looks a little warm, probably should have used 1/4.

Nicely done Rooz. It does look a little soft on the forum and your embeded link to the images works fine. Noticed it was all shot manual, do you ever use the CLS?

Love this, the lighting is terrific.

CraigVTR wrote:Nicely done Rooz. It does look a little soft on the forum and your embeded link to the images works fine. Noticed it was all shot manual, do you ever use the CLS?

i dont know why the forum displays such a soft pic ?? cos its sharp as a tack. anyway...
yes, i love cls, use it alot. but of course cant use cls with radio tiggers.

nice work there Rooz, I have to admit that I love my CLS as well...but it is good to see the cybersyncs getting a workout. Was there much trial and error with power settings?

not as much trial and error as getting him to hold still and look at the camera. lol

seriously though, not really, you get a pretty good feel for where you gotta be after you use flash for a while. so its some minor adjustment. i toned down the softbox a tad cos it was a bit hot, but otherwise nothing much.

Excellent lighting, particularly in the first. Reminds me that I should get out there and take some photos with the boys and with the lighting gear.

Awesome work. #1 just pops for me. I agree it's warm, but it's not too warm I think the warmth works really well with the image.

Rooz wrote:(can a mod tell me how to fix the photo so if you click on it, it opens up in another window ? the forum makes the shot look too soft. ty...i think i fixed it, but i dont know what size is being displayed on the forum...is that 800px ?)

You can do this with some complex BBCode, but the easy way since you use smugmug is to use DanielA's great little web page for doing the hard work for you go to http://www.users.on.net/~attema/smugmug/smuglink.pl