1/50000s shot taken with a modified flash.
The shot was made with a rifle which uses compressed air and shoots pellets at 820fps(250m/s).
Post Proc:
Crop, Flip horiz., Neat image,clone out some points, shadows/highlights, hue/sat, sharpen, Neat image.
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Proccess is as follows:
-Have everything prepared
-Turn lights off
-Open camera shutter
-Shot rifle
-Sensor detects rifle shot which activates flash
-Shutter closes.
This photography is not a lucky result. Turning on the flash at the correct time is quite easy (although tricky). The hardest part is to obtain a very short light pulse, as a camera with 1/8000 shutter produces blur on the image.
Total budget for ALL of the hardware needed for this photographs was 70$ (not including camera and rifle, :-) ).
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Thank you all for your comments. I DEEPLY appreciated each of them.
When I first saw High Speed photographs some months ago, I just wanted
to try to get the same results. And... here I am. Wow my first ribbon. Well dont expect too much from me, Im just a beginner....
Great shot. What type of trigger mechanism did you use to sync your flash? I tried the same thing with a little cornstarch in a balloon, manually, without a trigger and couldn't get the timing just right, so I abandonned the idea. Congrats on the ribbon.
I was thinking about using water ballons if I were to enter this challenge and you did a wonderful job of using this type of medium. Although my shot would not involve a rifle, I was going to drop the balloon onto a pin or other sharp object to pop the balloon. Then I thought of logistical problems such as the water flying everywhere and that pretty much ended my train of thought for that challenge. Great job!
Well to be honest - I haven't seen anything to beat this just yet. I really like the shapes that are a consequence of this which I wouldn't otherwise have seen if you didn't have such a fast shutter! This image demonstrates a purpose for the challenge so it gets my top vote so far.
Holy cow! That is cool! I'm guessing that the bit to the far right is the bullet. What I love the most, however, is how you can see how the rubber is starting to wrinkle as the water falls out.
WOWZERS! Now that's what I call stop action! Even though you had little control over what shapes would evolve - it is a really pleasing composition. Not to mention your choice of balloon color, background and lighting setup are perfect. If this one doesn't win the blue..... I'll be shocked.
Now that must have been a fast shutter or was it done by flash. And how would you time when to release the shutter or was it tripped by remote. Anyway amazing shot, extra points for differculty.
Man, now that's some fast shutter work. Timed really well also. Can't wait to read your description of the process. "Shooted" should be "Shot", but, Hey! We're here to talk images, not grammar. And your "image" is fantastic. Good luck with the challenge.
You certainly win the award for the fastest action captured in a photo. :-) And this is a nice, simple, colorful shot of an interesting subject. Very nice job.
Rifle Shooted Water Balloon.
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