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10-SEP-2006

Simulating Sun


The goal here was to use flash to backlight the subject and give the illusion of natural lighting. I am fairly pleased with the results, but some fill (either thru fill or reflector) in the foreground would have helped.
The flash (SB-800) was positioned on a lightstand about a foot above the bee and at about 11:00 relative to the camera. The flash's light was diffused thru a Lumiquest Lightbox. Actually, the Lumiquest almost never comes off my flash. I love that thing.
Comments welcome,
Eric

Nikon D200
1/160s f/13.0 at 185.0mm iso200 hide exif
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Date/Time10-Sep-2006 14:32:47
MakeNikon
ModelNIKON D200
Flash UsedNo
Focal Length185 mm
Exposure Time1/159 sec
Aperturef/13
ISO Equivalent200
Exposure Bias+1 1/3
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Metering Mode
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