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For motorcycle races held in a proper circuit, a 400mm is the minimum for 80 per cent of the pictures. Not every track has corners where one can shoot with a 200mm or lower focal lengths, even for accredited photographers. The alternative is to use a lens that is capable of accepting a 1.4x or 2x Extenders. A 300mm lens will be transformed into a 420mm or 600mm focal lengths respectively. Or a 400mm prime lens into a 560mm or 800mm focal lengths. Up to this point, all the photos shown were shot using natural, daytime lighting. How to have some creativity in flash pictures with any EF lens? Easy. First, choose your subject. Any indoor situations will do. Or create your own. Like this Winnie the Pooh bear shown below, which was one of the leftovers from the test done using the Off Camera Shoe Cord 2 as described in Films and Accessories Issue 2.
For this photo, I placed the toy bear against a blue backdrop - it was an art paper, bought from the stationary shop. The lighting came from a Speedlite 540EZ mounted on the Off-Camera Shoe Cord 2 that was placed on a lightstand on a 45-degree angle from the left side of the camera. The 540EZ was positioned against a white umbrella that bounced off the light to provide a softer shadow rendition in the photo. Canon's E-TTL flash illumination, available from EOS models like the EOS 500N, EOS 88, EOS 300, EOS 50/50E and the EOS-3 with the 220EX, 380EX and the 550EX Speedlites. As described in issue No: 13, the E-TTL-type of Canon Speedlites provides automatic flash output without the need for tedious calculations.
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