I have been reading about this technique and looking at pictures, the math is killing me and I need some people to proof my understanding of this.
So outdoors, bright sun, your camera meters the scene at f/16 SS 100 ISO 100. My max flash sync speed on my camera 200, so f/11 SS 200 ISO 100 is the same metering.
I decide I want to take a portrait at f/2.8 with the background 2 stops lower than the subject.
So f/22 is 2 stops above what the meter reads f/11.
1 ND gets me to f/16.
2 ND gets me to f/11.
3 ND gets me to f/8.
4 ND gets me to f/5.6.
5 ND gets me to f/4.
6 ND gets me to f/2.8.
So to shoot this portrait at f/2.8 I will need a 6 ND filter.
I will have to set my strobe to meter at f/22 on the subject?
Is this correct or have I made some fundamental misunderstanding?


