trying out my new alienbee

[Village Idiot]

Village idiot - you are absolutely right.

"I am so smart, "S" "M" "R" "T"" - Homer Simpson

 

[photogmatt]

2 is great. I really have to get some alien bees when I get some cash. Do you mind me asking what it cost you with the soft box?

 

[JimmyJaceyMom]

Village Idiot - LOL


photogmatt - the link is www.alienbees.com I think alltogether mine was about 400 bucks. Took me a long time to save up for that stuff but it was worth it!

 

[RyanLilly]

With just a brightness/contrast layer mask, in select areas i think that the first one looks great, I hop you don't mind, I gave it a little makeover.

 

[Village Idiot]

With just a brightness/contrast layer mask, in select areas i think that the first one looks great, I hop you don't mind, I gave it a little makeover.

Still doesn't look right. It's slightly underexposed, but you have a few slightly blown highlights in the underexposed part that makes it look like a bad contrast job. Maybe touching it with the curves adjustment just a bit would help.

 

[JimmyJaceyMom]

OH I don't mind at all - thanks I did shoot this in RAW the original was very blown. I included it in the final gallery anyway because some expressions you just can't exclude. I guess mom doesn't care because the order this morning included 3 8by10's of that one - lol . Go figure. I may try before printing to do a few things to try and make it hurt me less to look at it. LOL

 

[NJMAN]

#2 is the best for me. Nice sharp eyes and great catchlights!

NJ

 

[StillImage]

Never mind lol, saw you shot in RAW, was just asking, and you can't bring down the exposure any more than that?

 

[AdrianBetti]

I don't like the catchlights that rectangular softboxes produce. Looks unnatural to me. I like octoboxes better. Yeah I think they much too hot as well. Try maybe just turning down the output on the strobe a bit but keeping the same settings. Do you have it at 1/1?