thank you I had look at your impressive portfolio. Using Nikon equipment is great, I see you Canon as do our press photographers at the newspaper I work at. So we on level ground - equipment wise, I shoot at about 7.30 am in what was the sweetest light of the day, the sun kept peeking out of clouds and then disappearing so I guess I was lucky.
I often use a small reflector instead of flash, on this particular day, my reflector was over 400km away and had to rely on skill and experience.