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4 flashes + shooting into mid day sun

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Camera Settings: iso 100, f16 1/250th

Camera Gear: Nikon D300, Nikon 10.5mm F2.8 Fisheye, 4x Nikon SB-80DX triggered by Pocketwizards

Setup:

For this photo the set up was pretty basic, I was shooting mid day with the sun directly behind the rider.

A. I set up one flash, about 3 feet off the ground, with a 24mm spread on the flash, to fill in the whole wall, I had to be careful not to let it create a shadow of me on the wall.

B. I decided to use 3  flashes just on the other side of the barrier, to my right.  I set them all at full power with a pretty wide spread, to give me F16 at iso 100.

C. The sun gave a slight rim but not really.  I had my flashes meeting the output it was creating so it didn't brighten, or darken anything.

D. I was lying on the ground shooting up with a full frame fisheye.  If I included any more ground on the right, you would have seen the shadow caused by my body, from flash A.

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