tickles, tickle, tickles!

[Ramon M. Casares]

Hi everybody, today wanted to share this shot, I like the Egret's punk look because of the fly on her neck, my quiestion is, as the light was very harsh, I flashed it, I believe exp comp -2, as the whites are a bit borderline hot, should I have used a lower flash power, higher, more shutter speed or should I try to recover them with some levels and masks?

20D
70-200 2.8
2X TC
Tv 1/2500seg
Av f8.0
Iso 400
Fill Flash exp -2
Handheld
Full frame

C&C are welcome!

[Ramon M. Casares]

And again... here's the image. :o

[Harold Davis]

hi ramon!! cool image!! i'll leave the question to someone more qualified though!!

[Nicki Gwynn Jones]

Hi Ramon!
Love this image - way cool!! I'm with Harold - I'll leave the flash question to the experts!!!

[Lance Peters]

I am another Flash Dummy. :(

Love the BG.
Cool bird - only thing I might change/repair is the eye - might re-align it as per the APTATS cd, but kinda like it how it is as well.
I like.
:)

[Alfred Forns]

Hi Ramon at the selected shutter speed you probably had zero light on the bird !!!

Your sync speed is 250 so at 500 you have half, at 1000 one fourth power.... you were down to over 20X less flash output !!!

For your compensation I would have gone with a more aggressive setting, probably full flash? With soft light you want to back down to -2 or more. Good idea to try these things for reference. I have worked with Chas Glatzer and been to his workshops on flash. They are eye openers.