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rain man in the sun
 
Stopped in pit lane during a brief sunny moment in practice


 
        Technical Info
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lens   :   300mm f2.8 with 1.4x extender
 exposure   :   f4.5 1/250th sec
film   :   E6 100asa
flash   :   none
support   :   handheld
                              Photo Notes
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One of the hardest things to get right is the exposure of a driver in the car wearing the helmet when it is bright sunshine. In this case the way I framed the shot hides the fact that it is completely overexposed for the ambient light around him, and a white panel on the car will stay white, no matter how much it's overexposed. The shady background helps, too. Fill flash is an alternative, but to me those photos look too fake, and I hate strobing drivers in the eye before they go drive



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