Alien Bees are my new best friends

Oh man, I love it. Got my B800 today with 32x40" softbox and 22" beauty dish, so killer, so amazing! I have not seen any shift in color temp. as some reviews had stated. The only drawback I found so far is I'm shooting at the lowest power and I can't push it past f/8 or so at 100 ISO. But grids will easily give me a little playing room, and besides, lower power = less battery consumption (I'm waiting on the Vagabond II to ship from backorder, Tuesday they told me!).

Both images lit with B800 as main and 430ex to blow out the background.

My pops:

Gratz with the ab.

Nice portrait

I know your feeling..im excited about mine that arrived today.

TristateViP wrote in post #9738541
I know your feeling..im excited about mine that arrived today.

Two Jerseyites getting AB's on the same day??

looks great !

I recently got a ABR800 and Im also addicted..

Nice portrait. I love the sharpness. I cant wait for my flash triggers to get here and start messing around

No kidding. The lights are capable of nuclear power flash, aren't they! It's amazing how far DOWN you need to dial the lights and still have incredible amount of reserve.

Nice portrait. I like the processing.

dave

snyderman wrote in post #9751396
No kidding. The lights are capable of nuclear power flash, aren't they! It's amazing how far DOWN you need to dial the lights and still have incredible amount of reserve.

Nice portrait. I like the processing.

dave

This was at the lowest power setting and f/5 ish! I'm definitely gonna get some grids to add flexibility.

I must say that is one perfect image, it really tells a story.
I have a question, what do you normally like the f-stop set at?

primnumbers wrote in post #9764388
I must say that is one perfect image, it really tells a story.
I have a question, what do you normally like the f-stop set at?

Thanks! f/1.4 for high grain black and white, f/8 or so for studio.

You can have my AB800's when you pry my cold dead hands from around them!!