Off camera flash experiment no.1

[Ouvinen]

I tried some off camera flash at yesterday's local DH race. Setup: Canon EOS 10d, EF 24mm/2.8, Sigma EF500 DG Super flash. Sigma in manual slave cell mode fired by the 10d's onboard flash. I like the first one a lot, although it should have had a slower shutter speed. Just couldn't use longer as there was a bit too much ambient light. What do you think? Also two different crops of the second image, i do like the vertical a lot myself, such a pity it takes down the resolution quite a lot...

I gotta say the slave cell doesn't work 100% well as I'd want it to. I'm thinking of getting a 10m (30ft or something?) sync cord next...

[devoninbred]

very nice indeed , did you use on-board flash as well as the slave also were did you position the flash in relation to the rider?

[Ouvinen]

As I already said, I used the onboard flash of the 10D to fire the flash and to fill in at -2 stops or something, shouldn't affect a lot though. The flash is in front of the rider, to the right...

[MotionBoy]

sync cords cause problems... Ok they don't always but in that situation when the cord would have to go across the trail, there would be problems.

I like the first one, however I think it would really shine if you got the rider without that block of sky behind him. Maybe some trees instead.