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Yongnuo 568 should do the trick within budget. Then to improve the quality of the light, stick a Lumiquest Big Bounce on top. Should be substantially better at the kind of close-ish range I'm guessing you'll be at with fishy portraits http://store.lumiquest.com/lumiquest-big-bounce/
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Hoppy yes it will fishy portrait pics and will look in to both .....I actually did have a look at that flash and seems to be very good value for the money .....only thing it seems to be paid with Canon cameras most of what I have seen .....would you suggest eBay to buy it from or somewhere else..oh and thanks for the help
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All flash guns are brand specific (except the most basic ones), so get a Nikon version.
But if you're planning to just stick it on top of the camera, the result will be basically the same as with the pop-up flash. To improve the quality of the light, you need a bigger light source to soften the shadows. A nice big softbox, up and off to one side would be best, but in this kind of situation the limit is usually a practical one. The Lumiquest Big Bounce is just about the biggest light source you can get away with if the flash is staying on-camera and it also raises the height of the light a bit.
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That changes things a bit. You could still use the YN 568, but with a 622 transceiver and 622 Tx on the camera for triggering and remote control. Or YN 685, with built-in receiver, plusTx unit.
Then you'd need a stand and a softbox of some sort, such as this Godox, or the bigger 80cm version https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product...a-cb34-4790-9249-ec9f152ee8e2&pf_rd_i=desktop Or you could do it with an umbrella.
But how practical will all this be? Big softboxes on stands are not a great idea on a windy night by the lake when you're on your own
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Gets a thumbs up from me. Very good flash, quite big though.
One advantage of maybe going yongnuo 560iii is it's built in receiver. Makes off camera flash a doddle.
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But the 560 is manual only. Whilst a great flash, I'd always recommend a TTL on camera flash in the first instance.
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You're probably right and I'm constantly confused by Yongnuo's naming but would agree that TTL is well worth having. Which model is that, the 685?
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560 manual
565 TTL
568 TTL and HSS
600 uses the Canon radio protocols
658 is same as 568 with a built in receiver for YN622 radio triggers.
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Just edited my post as you were typing to 685 after a little googling but think that's a good summary.
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And I wrote 658 instead too.