For beginners ....
Today I took a few images to show the difference flash can make .
I'm still trying to get myself to spend a little more time and use flash in some images to enhance them .

This is the image according to my camera's choice of exposure , without flash ...



I had the flash [ SB800 ] on an extension cord held in my left hand , dialed in -1.7 on the camera to darken the background - this setting affects the flash as well , I was in TTL-BL mode and dialed in +1 on the flash since I wanted an overall flash exposure of -0.7 [ -1.7 + 1 = - 0.7 ]

without flash at -1.7 :



Flash held at arms length ...



As I say , I wish I spent more time with flash - I had the wb set at 'shade' to warm the light up a bit.



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