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<blockquote data-quote="gohan2091" data-source="post: 202290" data-attributes="member: 11990">Hello,The following two photos are shot with a D7100 and a Sigma 105mm 2.8 Macro lens. I used a single SB-700 in an umbrella positioned at approx 45 degrees up and in front of my sister. A bit of post-processing has improved the photos but it's clear to me that my camera settings/exposure were not as they should be and some damage has been done. Here are the two photos unedited:[ATTACH]54000[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]54001[/ATTACH]and here they are after some Lightroom editing:[ATTACH]54003[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]54004[/ATTACH]My sisters face looks over-exposed yet the histogram shows the overall image to be towards underexposure. Why is this? Did I position the flashed umbrella too close to my sister/use too much flash power? I'm not sure what happened here and because I'm still learning, I'd like to hear from the experts <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /> I would be glad to send the DNG file if you'd like to have a play around with the image for the purpose of this thread.Thanks</blockquote>

[QUOTE="gohan2091, post: 202290, member: 11990"] Hello, The following two photos are shot with a D7100 and a Sigma 105mm 2.8 Macro lens. I used a single SB-700 in an umbrella positioned at approx 45 degrees up and in front of my sister. A bit of post-processing has improved the photos but it's clear to me that my camera settings/exposure were not as they should be and some damage has been done. Here are the two photos unedited: [ATTACH=CONFIG]54000._xfImport[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=CONFIG]54001._xfImport[/ATTACH] and here they are after some Lightroom editing: [ATTACH=CONFIG]54003._xfImport[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=CONFIG]54004._xfImport[/ATTACH] My sisters face looks over-exposed yet the histogram shows the overall image to be towards underexposure. Why is this? Did I position the flashed umbrella too close to my sister/use too much flash power? I'm not sure what happened here and because I'm still learning, I'd like to hear from the experts :) I would be glad to send the DNG file if you'd like to have a play around with the image for the purpose of this thread. Thanks [/QUOTE]

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