night time shooting.

i have a 430ex flash and i wondering on how to make the flash less harsh on the photo. would the omni bounce tilted at about 45 degrees looks nice or should i use my soft box?

try a gary fong lightsphere. I have one for my 430EX and it diffuses the light very well! MUCH less shadow and it almost seems like the light wraps around things.

You can get them used on ebay for about $30

they really only work for close up objects and portraits, Im not sure what your trying to photograph.

The Lightsphere and the the stofen both work on the principle of bounced flash. They radiate your flash out in ALL directions and trust/hope that there will be something out there to bounce off of and back to your subject. Outside the nearest bounce surface could be the cloud cover at 10000 feet. Your flash will NOT reach it and bounce back. In a small room with all black walls you will encounter much the same thing with these two diffusers. In a small white room they work great.

I vote for the softbox.

2.8orfaster wrote in post #6153216
try a gary fong lightsphere. I have one for my 430EX and it diffuses the light very well! MUCH less shadow and it almost seems like the light wraps around things.


You can get them used on ebay for about $30

they really only work for close up objects and portraits, Im not sure what your trying to photograph.

I've noticed the same results. It works very good up close. I would say 8ft away max