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I do try, but there are always new things to learn, which is what makes photography fun. Anyway, it's been fun chatting
I have to sign off now and go cook dinner. Have a nice evening, Jack
I do try, but there are always new things to learn, which is what makes photography fun. Anyway, it's been fun chatting
You are right, and gree with you. Sure, speak to you later. Have nice evening too. You can use Chat room as well
Thank you for the support
Yes. I agree, there are always some drawbacks with using flash - especially reflections in eyes, as you mention. On the other hand, if I hadn't used it, the picture wouldn't have happened. Maybe I can try cloning out the reflection. Thanks for the constructive feedback, anyway Sometimes it is sufficient to select the area of the reflection and decrease the brightness locally. Here, it should work since the reflection is not very strong. I have often tried this method with success...You are right, and gree with you. Sure, speak to you later. Have nice evening too. You can use Chat room as well
Thank you for the tip, I haven't tried that yet
I usually use cloning, but let me see if this works.
Those are great colours, excellent capture and composition. I personally dont find the eye highlights too severe but its an easy fix to reduce - I would use a radial filter with decreased exposure and highlights in lightroom and call it a day. I have upgraded my diffuser from a pringles DIY snoot to what i call "upsidedown baby bib diffuser' and have gotten very good results, its cheap and easily found on ebay, amazon, etc. Here is what it looks like;
The only downside of this diffuser is that if you can only sit the diffuser on say a focusing or aparture ring then the diffuser will move left and right as you need to change them, also be aware that the opening of the diffuser is not one size fits all at all, nothing some rubber bands cant fix
. Hope it helps and look forward to seeing more of your photos 
The only downside of this diffuser is that if you can only sit the diffuser on say a focusing or aparture ring then the diffuser will move left and right as you need to change them, also be aware that the opening of the diffuser is not one size fits all at all, nothing some rubber bands cant fix
. Hope it helps and look forward to seeing more of your photos
Thank you for the positive feedbackThose are great colours, excellent capture and composition. I personally dont find the eye highlights too severe but its an easy fix to reduce - I would use a radial filter with decreased exposure and highlights in lightroom and call it a day. I have upgraded my diffuser from a pringles DIY snoot to what i call "upsidedown baby bib diffuser' and have gotten very good results, its cheap and easily found on ebay, amazon, etc. Here is what it looks like;
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The only downside of this diffuser is that if you can only sit the diffuser on say a focusing or aparture ring then the diffuser will move left and right as you need to change them, also be aware that the opening of the diffuser is not one size fits all at all, nothing some rubber bands cant fix
I don't have Lightroom, but use Luminar and Topaz Studio, and will adjust the highlight. I may get the diffuser you show - they have it in my country: I use a sheet of card with tinfoil taped onto it, but I'm considering getting the Canon Macrolite MT 26EX-RT, as the biggest problem I've run into with using a diffuser is the lack of adjustability, and the light I mention has two adjustable heads. It's a pricey piece of kit, but the movable heads are what I really need for a lot of the shooting I do - say, filling in a selective area of shadow from one side or below, or using two different power outputs using two lights etc.
Thank you for the supportExcellent shotDesc1234. Not only the situation and composition itself but only the overall image quality! I think this picture was taken in the morning, wasn't it?
I shot it in the afternoon, although I can't remember exactly when. There were some pretty harsh shadows, which is why I used fill flash to kick in a bit of light to get a more even exposure.