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So soon? Cool!!!
I like the first because it does what it has to do
in
the most natural way.
Siver or gold are both increasing, unduly IMHO,
the
keys of the skin tones. Sure, they make the portraits
brighter BUT they also suggest an irregular skin pig-
mentation… and that is not the case.
Ok, the Sun did not play along but now your test is
conclusive… and I still love the smile!
Thanks Kodiak, always useful to have others look and see how subtle variations work or otherwise. The main thing from my perspective is that I can now have some additional control when shooting where there is no mains supply.
It also opens up possibilities for shooting inside structures where there would otherwise be insufficient light to work with.
The three images above can all be enhanced through the editing process without too much time involved to give them more punch as they are in the right ball park to begin with. I know the lighting is not suddenly going to make me
a better photographer. More a case of I don't have the patience to be waiting for speedligthts to whistle themselves to the ready and with the Godox I have sufficient power cover what I need and I'll likely add a second head once I
recover from the expense of the one I just bought. I was going to get a lens this week but decided I can move myself and the camera to get what the lens would have given me whereas standing at a shoot with a handful of swan vestas
is never going to have a great outcome.
The thing which strikes me the most with the head is just how easy it can be to use and get a decent shot. The TTL mode will certainly be useful for users who buy the unit and have little or no experience shooting manually. In that
mode it will automatically deploy HSS as soon as the camera's shutter speed is pushed beyond the native maximum sync. No buttons to press on the transmitter or head it just happens when appropriate.
And for shooting subjects with a range of skin tones there is the exposure compensation which seems very effective and again requires little effort use. The unit has a whole heap of party tricks that I will tinker with in due course
but the main purpose for which I bought it, I'm impressed.
Thank you.
^^^ Agreed, think the first has much better skin tone. Looks like the flash is working well for you.
Thank you very much for taking time to look and giving some feedback. Really pleased with the purchase, skint but pleased. I just need to experiment more with the reflectors as they will have their place and time, might have been
useful to have tried a white one at the same proximity to see how that performed. It'll take a few shoots to get a real grasp of the head.
Thank you, much appreciated.
