Nikkor shot.
The Nikkor shot was lit in a fairly standard way with equal lighting from above left and right at full power see pic 1. Light power however was a problem hence the proximity of the brollys. To get something in the left front element a third flash was used again at full power through a reflector (pic 2). To eliminate a brolly artifact in the lens a black flag was used to prevent any light forward of the subject, unfortunately due to lack of hands even with an assistant this could not be shown in the photos.
In the course of this photo a problem in Nikon's creative lighting system has been found. Using SB800 in commander mode set to manual full power on channel 1 and a SB600 in slave mode set to full power on commanding SB800 flash power is REDUCED not increased. There must be some light metering through the SB800/600 there is not a doubling in output in this configuration. Optically triggered SB28's may be confusing SB800/600. SB600 was omitted in this photo realying on one flash in each brolly and a third behind a reflector overall exposure had to be increased by 1 stop in Capture NX when a fourth flash should have been used.
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