Suggestions for DIY flash diffusion?

I guess I am doing some grocery shopping!
Still, those lumiquest soft screen flash attachments are nifty, probably get a couple if I can find a local dealer.
Thanks everyone!

I'm a lumiquest fan myself, but I'm not sure that they have anything for the built-in flash.

EDIT: Yes, they do....

http://www.lumiquest.c​om/softscreen.htm

Curtis N wrote in post #2187402
Dante,

Sending some of the photons from your flash in a different direction won't necessarily create a better light source. If it was easy and cheap to make the light "softer" just by putting some translucent material in front of it, then they would be manufactured that way.

isn't that waht the little piece of white translucent plastic that extends from trhe top of the 580EX is for?

I Simonius wrote in post #2209925
isn't that waht the little piece of white translucent plastic that extends from trhe top of the 580EX is for?

I'm not sure if you're referring to the wide-angle diffuser or the catchlight card, but each has its purpose, and each can improve lighting when used according to its purpose.

Translucent plastics ala Omni-Bounce can be used to improve lighting, when there is another surface to bounce the light back into the field of view. But they need to be utilized with common sense, not just thrown on the flash head with the idea that they will improve every shot.

KevC wrote in post #2187943
Holy his omnibounce is so yello! Haha. I use that photo paper!

The Omnibounce is available in 3 different colorsfor various lighting conditions.

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Iv used a whole milk bottle with a flash head sized hole cut in it, so the whole bottle stuck out from the flash.
Aimed slightly up, and slightly at me, it produced a nice result, certainly better than direct flash:
http://smg.photobucket​.com …efPage=&imgAnch​=imgAnch20

Of course, I also have a nice white ceiling which I'm sure contributed.