60 inch Umbrella Testing

Flashes set close to the umbrella

Flashes set far away from the umbrella ... more uniform lighting this way. Probably less lighting power but I do have 3 flashes.

You can see the umbrella in her left eye if you zoom in. The light given off indoors by the umbrella is really soft, as you can see here. Minimal shadows behind Penny.

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The flash setup ... 3 flashes allows either faster recycling if using low power or enough power to take photos on a bright day using high speed sync. The high speed sync allows me to use shutter speeds higher than 1/250. I can add 2 more flashes to this bracket if I had to but I'm out of flashes! The flashes are all being controlled by my D300 ... this wireless feature is SOOO cool and convenient. Look MA ... no wires!

Comparison in size to Penny.

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I placed the umbrella about 2 feet from this branch of berries. Penny wants to play now so the tree was good enough to help out.

Same branch ... no flash.

This photo and the next 2 have all the same settings except for shutter speed. The camera is set to manual ... increasing the shutter speed affects mostly the background. The foreground exposure is maintained by the aperture setting.

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