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I just recently got some inexpensive (but, actually, rather nice) light stands, along with a couple of umbrella diffusers, reflectors and flash cold-shoe brackets. The brackets (the weakest components of the set) have a hole through which you can mount an umbrella, but it doesn't angle the shaft, with the result that the flash head points at the outer edge of the umbrella rather than the centre.
Thankfully, the radio receivers I'm using also have an umbrella mount, and this angles the shaft quite a bit (certainly better than the flash bracket). However, even with the umbrella at full extension and the flash wide-angle diffuser pulled out, it's still not perfect (see attached photo).
A couple of questions, then:
(1) Is the illumination pattern below acceptable / what I should expect?
(2) Is there a reasonably-priced flash cold-shoe bracket with angled umbrella mount readily available?
Thanks in advance...