Flash can make photos look so fake

[incendy]

When I was taking pictures of the big window I sat down to test lighting using flash fill but had it set way too high and this is how it came out. I don't like it because it looks so fake, but think it is kind of funny how it looks so much like a bad PS job even though there is 0 ps besides resize and a couple of spots from dust
http://www.smes.org/jesse/psTest.jpg

[Spiral Photo]

Other than a tilted horizon, I think it's a great photo.

[Dante King]

how does it look fake? I dont understand what data you are using to quantify that beleif?

[incendy]

Mostly the lighting and colors... maybe it is just because I know the place so well but to me it looks plastic... Everyone I have shown it to on my monitor agrees with me too, so I thought it was just my monitor so I looked on another and still looks plastic to me:)

[J.A.F. Doorhof]

I love it, but I love big flash :D

[Zepher]

It looks like the background was pasted into the windows.

[cdifoto]

Flash can look fake when improperly used and wonderful when properly used. There are times when NOT using flash looks more fake than using it, at least in my opinion.

[J.A.F. Doorhof]

And sometimes the fake flash looks wonderful LOL

I love fill in flash when it's not seen, in other words invicible.
But I ABSOLUTLY love hard flash in pictures, call it a preference, when doing outside shoots I often choose for very high flash values to give the model the copy paste look.
Or I use just natural light with a very low touch of fill in.

It's all in de dosis you use it.

[incendy]

And sometimes the fake flash looks wonderful LOL

I love fill in flash when it's not seen, in other words invicible.
But I ABSOLUTLY love hard flash in pictures, call it a preference, when doing outside shoots I often choose for very high flash values to give the model the copy paste look.
Or I use just natural light with a very low touch of fill in.

It's all in de dosis you use it.

I also like the look outdoors for certain setups, but usually the shadows come off too strong, maybe I should trying using a relector with the flash:)

[J.A.F. Doorhof]

shadows can be a problem but can be solved by using soft lightsources or proper placement.