Richard I think your image looks perhaps as good on my monitor as you saw it with your eyes. No changes needed there. Andreas....yeah a bit overkill on the flash. Bouncing of off something else might have produced a more natural look. Not that I am an expert in light set up,or any photography, but I do know what I like. I'm not a moderator because I am a pro photographer, but that I knew html and was always around. If someone gives me critique, I love it. I may try it, and if not happy then move on to something else real fast. You are right Tom...I think blow out means an unrecoverable lightness that took over what ever was supposed to be there. Mostly in skies, I imagine.Or white backgrounds.

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