Close-up of a cutie

My 22 month old niece and God-daughter...





D70; 80-200 AFS; SB800 and LumiQuest Softbox.

Manual; 1/250; f/5.0; ISO 200; flash set to TTL.

All comments and critiques welcomed.

 

I like it lots, Frank.

It's easy to add / remove and does the job it claims to do.

I think it's over-priced but it's obviously set at "what the market can bear" as opposed to "cost plus".

 

Thanks, Mike.

Lumiquest say you lose about 1 1/4 stops.

You can get more info here...

Lumiquest

 

I acted upon both of your suggestions, Iliah, and I'm delighted with the result.

Many thanks for your constructive criticism and practical help.

 

Thanks, mate.

 

Thanks for your comments, Grace.

I focussed on the little girl's eyes, got the "in-focus" indicator, locked focus, recomposed and shot.

Here's my list of excuses ... er... er... reasons why the pic was less than the sharpest possible with that lens...

1) the shot was hand held and D70 + 80-200 + SB800 is heavy and I'm a wimp

2) she moved twixt cup and lip

3) I was very, very close to the minimum focus distance and might well have strayed too close

4) the pic as shown here is completely unsharpened. I've since sharpened it using the parameters suggested by Iliah (above)

5) those are all the excu reasons I can think of.

:wink:

 

Hi Iliah

1) and 2) The flash mode was TTL with the flash on the camera, not bounced but diffused with a (flash mounted) Lumapix softbox. The pic was taken indoors, about 5' away and at right angle to a 8' x 6' window in the late afternoon. The light outside was grey and poor, no other interenal light source was utilised.

3) I understand your calculation but my point was I might have strayed inside the closest focus distance.

Thanks for your continued input.

 

It was "true" TTL because I remember a post on (whisper it) DPReview which suggested that was the best option for the kind of shot I was attempting.