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Dec 18, 2016 00:50:44   #
Basil Loc: New Mexico
 
My lovely wife agreed to be a guinea pig for me today to play around with different lighting configurations using my 2 600EX-RT Speedlites. In this one, I had a medium-sized soft box off to the left, placed pretty close, and a second Speedlite, shooting through the tree, to provide a bit of "rim light." I had one set as Group A and the other as group B, then I played around with power ratios.


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Dec 18, 2016 01:07:01   #
BrentHarder Loc: Southern California
 
Basil wrote:
My lovely wife agreed to be a guinea pig for me today to play around with different lighting configurations using my 2 600EX-RT Speedlites. In this one, I had a medium-sized soft box off to the left, placed pretty close, and a second Speedlite, shooting through the tree, to provide a bit of "rim light." I had one set as Group A and the other as group B, then I played around with power ratios.


Looks great to me! Nice job Basil!

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Dec 18, 2016 01:10:15   #
Basil Loc: New Mexico
 
BrentHarder wrote:
Looks great to me! Nice job Basil!


Thanks! I was pretty happy with it, but I wish the end of the TV/Stereo stand wasn't in the picture on the right though.

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Dec 18, 2016 01:15:20   #
tainkc Loc: Kansas City
 
You did a lot better than I ever could with my wife. However, if I ever need to measure a time of 5 milliseconds, I will put her in front of the camera because that is all the time she will sit for me.

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Dec 18, 2016 01:16:23   #
Basil Loc: New Mexico
 
tainkc wrote:
You did a lot better than I ever could with my wife. However, if I ever need to measure a time of 5 milliseconds, I will put her in front of the camera because that is all the time she will sit for me.


Well, just be sure to use high-speed sync!

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Dec 18, 2016 05:16:49   #
Leicaflex Loc: Cymru
 
Looks good in the download and you have a most attractive wife.
Well taken.

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Dec 18, 2016 06:39:07   #
djtravels Loc: Georgia boy now
 
Crop out the TV stand and you have next year's Christmas card.

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Dec 18, 2016 09:51:37   #
Dr.Nikon Loc: Honolulu Hawaii
 
Just crop it out .. lovely shot and a lovely lady ...


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Dec 18, 2016 10:49:46   #
Basil Loc: New Mexico
 
Dr.Nikon wrote:
Just crop it out .. lovely shot and a lovely lady ...


Thanks - I'll do that.

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Dec 18, 2016 11:00:44   #
jim quist Loc: Missouri
 
It seems like you have 2 color temperatures going on at the same time. I wonder if a filter over your flash units would help with that? This is a nice picture.

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Dec 18, 2016 13:00:15   #
Basil Loc: New Mexico
 
jim quist wrote:
It seems like you have 2 color temperatures going on at the same time. I wonder if a filter over your flash units would help with that? This is a nice picture.


The lighting was mixed. Overheads were incandescent. Flashes were without any filters. I used AWB for white balance. As shot Temp was at 4800K. Here is a version where I warmed it up to 5834K (and cropped out the TV stand on right)


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Dec 18, 2016 17:03:54   #
tainkc Loc: Kansas City
 
Basil wrote:
Well, just be sure to use high-speed sync!
Lol.

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Dec 18, 2016 17:17:57   #
harleybaggerdave Loc: Syracuse NY
 
Very nice portrait. Excellent job

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Dec 18, 2016 20:24:13   #
Basil Loc: New Mexico
 
harleybaggerdave wrote:
Very nice portrait. Excellent job


Thank you very much.

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Dec 18, 2016 20:24:44   #
Basil Loc: New Mexico
 
Leicaflex wrote:
Looks good in the download and you have a most attractive wife.
Well taken.


Thanks, and yes, I agree :)

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