He is by far my most favorite cartoon character!

When I started off with this whole “Blende3″-thing I wanted to improve my strobist skills in the first place. Well, you may have noticed I didn’t focus on that very much, lately.

That’s why  I decided to dig out my speedlites today. I’ve never used the sun as a strip light before, so that’s what I did here and so I came up with a shot of this nice little fellow.

Not a memorable shot from an artistic point of view but more one of those learning-by-doing shots. Anyway, that’s what’s “Blende3″ is for, isn’t it?

Just in case you’re wondering: I did NOT use any backdrop here. This was shot during bright sunlight outside on a table in our garden.
It’s just amazing what you can do with speedlites if you’re using them properly!