Using my speedlite 430ex

trying to get a small understanding on how to use my speedlite and achieve good results with limited experience.

here is a test photo I took.
the room was lit but is not lit well. I bouced the flash off the ceiling and I used the exposure lock and locked it on the wall behind the jiff. then refocused on the jiff and snapped.

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That looks fine to me, and your explanation made sense.

oumartin wrote in post #6106232
trying to get a small understanding on how to use my speedlite and achieve good results with limited experience.

here is a test photo I took.
the room was lit but is not lit well. I bouced the flash off the ceiling and I used the exposure lock and locked it on the wall behind the jiff. then refocused on the jiff and snapped.

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Just as an FYI, ordinarily, you would FEL on a mid-toned object which is relatively the same distance from the flash as the main subject is. The reason for this is because the intensity of the flash decreases by the square of the distance increased. If your wall had been a significant distance away from the jar, your Jiffy jar would have come out overexposed (but the wall would have been properly lit, though ).

ah, thank you !!!