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<blockquote data-quote="WayneF" data-source="post: 176302" data-attributes="member: 12496">Cute girl, and a good picture, but arguably a bit flat.&nbsp; A bit too much flash, IMO (your opinion may vary).&nbsp;&nbsp; But there are no gradient tones of shadows left on the face (flat), so it is not quite a natural light. The SB-700 always uses TTL BL mode, and the Commander always does TTL BL anyway, so automation decided the degree of the fill light.&nbsp; But we can compensate it to be a bit less, like -1/3 EV Flash Compensation (applies to all flashes used), or same -1/3 in this group in the Commander (applies to only that one group).If using TTL mode (instead of TTL BL), then this normally would need about -1 2/3 stop EV Flash Compensation.&nbsp; (TTL BL tries to do that automatically, TTL Mode does not).Try it, you'll like like it.&nbsp; Leave some traces of gradient tone shadows on the face.FWIW, if it had been indoors, or night and dim (no significant ambient), so flash becomes main light instead of fill, TTL BL may need +2/3 or +1 EV Flash Compensation then.&nbsp;&nbsp; (assuming Auto ISO is not sky high, making flash be fill again).Situations vary, and the scene that TTL is metering varies, so we just pay attention, and do what we see we need to do.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="WayneF, post: 176302, member: 12496"] Cute girl, and a good picture, but arguably a bit flat. A bit too much flash, IMO (your opinion may vary). But there are no gradient tones of shadows left on the face (flat), so it is not quite a natural light. The SB-700 always uses TTL BL mode, and the Commander always does TTL BL anyway, so automation decided the degree of the fill light. But we can compensate it to be a bit less, like -1/3 EV Flash Compensation (applies to all flashes used), or same -1/3 in this group in the Commander (applies to only that one group). If using TTL mode (instead of TTL BL), then this normally would need about -1 2/3 stop EV Flash Compensation. (TTL BL tries to do that automatically, TTL Mode does not). Try it, you'll like like it. Leave some traces of gradient tone shadows on the face. FWIW, if it had been indoors, or night and dim (no significant ambient), so flash becomes main light instead of fill, TTL BL may need +2/3 or +1 EV Flash Compensation then. (assuming Auto ISO is not sky high, making flash be fill again). Situations vary, and the scene that TTL is metering varies, so we just pay attention, and do what we see we need to do. [/QUOTE]

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