Any Strobists Here?

Ranie

Senior Member
Ranie, I'm so glad you revived this thread. You have really mastered the CLS . . . beautiful portrait!

Helene, the word "master" is really an over statement. I have barely scratched the surface of what our toys are capable of.
Still learning here and im glad to share it with all of you.
 

Browncoat

Senior Member

This pic. If you don't know the difference, odds are you're not editing in 16-bit anyway...so nevermind.

8-bit is capable of producing about 16.8 million colors, which is more than the human eye can see anyway. 16-bit is in the trillions. Some photographers (including myself) edit in 16-bit mode, and then convert images to 8-bit when publishing on the internet. Web browsers are not capable of interpreting 16-bit images and the colors end up look somewhat drab and grayish.

The major advantage of 16-bit editing is additional flexibility, particularly with color gradients and image re-sizing:

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Ranie

Senior Member
Anthony, thank you so much for pointing it out. Frankly, I heard/read about that before but didnt really care as long as I like the output of my pics and the printed ones have the same output as what I can see on my monitor.
That particular picture was really intended to be a hi-key picture and was post processed a bit cold than warm thus the bluish cast in it.
 

Ranie

Senior Member
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Nikon D90 and 17-55 F2.8
3 SB 600 on a tri-flash mount in a 6ft reflective umbrella (camera left)
1 - 42 inch reflector (camera right)
triggered by Nikon CLS
 

Ranie

Senior Member
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Nikon D90
Nikon 17-55 F2.8
3 SB600 (1 inside soft box in front of model, 1 on each side with flags)
triggered by CLS
 

Iman60

New member
I do something very different with off camera flash. I use a very high shutter speed.... around 1/1000 to 1/1500 and a wide open aperture... usually around 2.8. The ISO is usually no more than 200
I set my flash on manual , no less than 1/2 thru a transparent umbrella at a distance of about 18 inches from my subject.
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Ranie

Senior Member
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D90 & 17-55 F2.8
4 SB's was used here
1 SB900 behind model, on light stand with diffuser
3 SB600 on a tri-flash mount in a 6ft reflective umbrella in front of model (note: photographer between umbrella and model)
triggered by CLS
 

fotojack

Senior Member
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D90 & 17-55 F2.8
4 SB's were used here
1 SB900 behind model, on light stand with diffuser
3 SB600 on a tri-flash mount in a 6ft reflective umbrella in front of model (note: photographer between umbrella and model)
triggered by CLS

Gorgeous portrait...except for that shiny spot near the top of her head. That's the only thing that I can see that I would change. Other than that........stunning photo.
 
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