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Originally Posted by alexander
Anyways, another use of the strobe is to freeze subjects. A standard flash, like an sb800, on 1/16th power will produce a flash of light lasting about 1/11,000th of a sec. This will properly expose the subject it is facing, fixating it in the shot at that instance. This ofcourse meaning that if you are shooting in dark conditions, at say 1/80th shutter speed, you still have around 274/22,000 of a second before your shutter closes  |
Much easier to describe than to do.
Back in the early 80's I bought
Stephen Dalton's book:
Caught in Motion: High Speed Nature Photography.
The book is a real treasure of information on using strobes to freeze motion in the natural world. It is full of diagrams on setup and has some really amazing photos.
Leopard frog diving I remember from the book as well as
Swallow drinking. I also remember another unique photo of a swallow as it contorted itself mid-flight to squeeze through a rather narrow gap above a barndoor.
I only found Stephen's website while researching for this reply, but do not think it does his work justice at all, at least not from the experience I had reading that book. I'll have to dig it up again and enjoy it once more.
