Day 27: Another lighting test

So I got my flash bounce/soft box type thing today from Adorama. I got the Lumiquest ProMax UltraSoft Bounce Flash Device (http://www.adorama.com/LQUSB.html). I decided to do a few "test" shots with it of Caleb sitting on the floor watching TV... So, it's nothing special, but here we go :)

This is with the softbox on my flash and my flash pointed straight up at the ceiling. The softbox/bounce card directs the flash at a 90 degree angle and then diffuses it giving off this lighting. 

This is with the softbox off and the flash pointed straight at the ceiling. This essentially just bounces the light of the flash off the ceiling in order to light up the room. 

This is bare flash pointed directly at a 90 degree angle towards Caleb. Yuck! 

The settings were the same for all 3 images. I had my Vivitar 285hv set at 1/2 power (It's a manual flash, so it doesn't matter what the camera settings are, the flash is what gets adjusted mostly rather than the settings on the camera). My camera settings were:

Shutter speed: 1/200
Aperture: F/5.6
ISO: 400

Just thought I'd share :) Have a good day everyone :) And if you got hit with the snow and/or ice storm, be safe!