Ya for some reason the eye looks a little soft on the head shot. Thanks, silversprej. :D
Number one really breaks all the rules and that's why I like it. The horizon is crooked, wide angle distortion makes her legs and feet look huge, and there is a view under the skirt that is not really my...
It all depends what you're doing, and I'll agree that I don't always need gobs of power. When I can get away with using a speedlight then that's probably what I'll use. Think about this though: a customer calls and wants you to do a shoot at 1pm on a bright summer day in an open shadeless...
Ah yes, a very nice picture of a train. First, it looks like there was a bit of processing involved here and second this was taken in the early evening when a strobes power can be stretched to the limit. My photos were taken against bright sunlight and processed very little. Again I'm not sure...