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<blockquote data-quote="WayneF" data-source="post: 500498" data-attributes="member: 12496">OK, it was just my two cents.&nbsp; But the dome can't actually hurt much, other than the cost and power loss and expectations.&nbsp; <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" />&nbsp;&nbsp; What softens shadows is light from other path angles, different directions back to the subject, for wrap around and fill.&nbsp; Diffusion just scatters the light to go different directions, and the paths from &quot;small&quot; are of course all generally away from the subject, because not much of the scattering from a two inch width is able to come back toward the subject.&nbsp; Two inches of &quot;diffusion&quot; is about the same as the original two inches of flash head, on a subject at several feet. The size is still two inches either way.I'd bet on the effect of the little softbox as being easier detected at several feet, arguably better than nothing, not zero but still small effect.&nbsp; Eight inches at 8 feet is same angles as 80 inches at 80 feet.&nbsp; &nbsp; Because the head is so close to fabric, the flash probably just makes a little spot on the front panel.&nbsp; A light should be bare bulb in a softbox, 180 degrees wide, to scatter the light inside the box.&nbsp; Maybe the dome on the flash in the softbox would help it.&nbsp; A least the box would direct some of it back to the subject from an eight inch width.&nbsp; <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="WayneF, post: 500498, member: 12496"] OK, it was just my two cents. But the dome can't actually hurt much, other than the cost and power loss and expectations. :) What softens shadows is light from other path angles, different directions back to the subject, for wrap around and fill. Diffusion just scatters the light to go different directions, and the paths from "small" are of course all generally away from the subject, because not much of the scattering from a two inch width is able to come back toward the subject. Two inches of "diffusion" is about the same as the original two inches of flash head, on a subject at several feet. The size is still two inches either way. I'd bet on the effect of the little softbox as being easier detected at several feet, arguably better than nothing, not zero but still small effect. Eight inches at 8 feet is same angles as 80 inches at 80 feet. Because the head is so close to fabric, the flash probably just makes a little spot on the front panel. A light should be bare bulb in a softbox, 180 degrees wide, to scatter the light inside the box. Maybe the dome on the flash in the softbox would help it. A least the box would direct some of it back to the subject from an eight inch width. :) [/QUOTE]

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