That is useless with slow-moving objects like climbers (unless they fall down
). Better use first curtain so that you maximize the chance to have an okay position of the climber during the flash.
My advice would be:
- camera in manual
-
shutter speed somewhere around 1/30 or so (depends a bit on how close you can get to the climbers - if you need a long telelens without IS, you might need to speed things up a bit!)
-
aperture f/5.6 or so, depends mostly on required
DOF. Don't go much larger or you'll end up with only half-
sharp subjects.
-
ISO as high as possible (mind the noise; if your camera is okay up to 800
ISO thna don't put it much higher!)
- bounce the flash if you can and if the flash can provide the power. If not, try to balance the ambient
light as good as you can against the flash output and try to minimize shadows falling on backgrounds.