Catch Light Question

[puffer_archer]

I took this shot of my daughter this evening. I was using just one light with softbox, but as I look at the picture, I wonder if the catch lights are too big. What do you think?

Canon 40D, 1/250, 3.2, 200

Other thoughts welcome as well.

Thanks!

[candleman]

the size is fine IMHO

the annoying part for me it their location.. they overlap onto the pupil and that i find distracting.
if they werent so central on the eyebal i'd say its very nice.



nice b/w btw

[vjhoward]

Size is OK for me. But, they are square and that seems a little strange to me. Likewise, I have been experimenting with flash bounced in umbrella vs. softbox. I like the catchlights from the umbrella more because they are round. This may be more of a personal thing with me and I would love to read other opinions also.

[Benji]

Candleman is correct. The catchlights should not encroach into the pupils. The main light should have been a little bit higher and a little bit more counterclockwise.

Benji

[puffer_archer]

Thanks for the feedback guys! That makes sense that they shouldn't encroach on the pupils. I decided to see if I could fix it with photoshop. Let me know how this looks.