Smallest octabox with speedlite bracket?

I have a 26" Westcott Rapid Octabox and love the results; admittedly I enjoy taking it afield for frogs, snakes, and other small creatures. Is there anything a touch less cumbersome. Like an 18" model?

birder_herper wrote in post #19257295
I have a 26" Westcott Rapid Octabox and love the results; admittedly I enjoy taking it afield for frogs, snakes, and other small creatures. Is there anything a touch less cumbersome. Like an 18" model?

An excellent outdoor modifier is the venerable “Fireball”. An Elinchrom 16” MaxiLite

Peruse the thread:
https://photography-on-the.net …read.php?t=1126​440&page=1

This shot was with the Fireball 35 feet away from the model with sun as rim light. It’s great, but I don’t believe a speedlight will work at all. You’d need an exposed flashbulb.

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Hi, There used to be smaller 'hexa-boxes' from Adorama's Glow series. Also SMDV offered similar (my 50cm item has held up OK but with only light use).

You might find good pre-owned examples for Speedlites.

Or . . Roundflash's "Dish" (which is actually a circular softbox).

The claim, "people photographed with an octabox have a circular sparkle in their eyes. Octoboxes have a circular shape that gives portrait subjects a round-shaped shine in their eyes in your final result."
The reality...octagonal shape catchlights seen in the eyes.
Rectangular softbox catchlight at least somewhat mimics windows that we encounter all the time.

http://www.calebkeiter​.com …odifiers-catch-lights.jpg

The smaller size of the small Octabox makes it more stable and less likely to fall over than a larger Octabox due to any wind, making an assistant on location much less necessary. But it’s important to keep in mind that the smaller softbox grid will produce a much more directional light which can be unflattering or insufficient for certain subjects. Size matters, when it comes to softness of source, and 'wrap'.

"Smaller octoboxes create a more direct light, while larger octoboxes result in a softer, more subtle wrap-around light. Larger octoboxes result in almost no shadow around your subject, while smaller octoboxes are more directional and can start leaving a shadow with the smaller-sized octoboxes."

Of course, distance matters. An 18" source at 18" will be as soft as 36" source at 36" distance, but the smaller source up close will have much more dramatic falloff of intensity assuming both have somehthing 4' back behind the subject.

I have some softbox speedlight adapters for sale if they interest you. See here:

https://photography-on-the.net …showthread.php?​p=19229129