I dropped the dart into the board with the camera turned on its side. I did about 60 drops, including dozens where I missed the bull's-eye by a mile and a few where the dart bounced off a wire and created weird swirls of motion blur. This was the very first shot; I never quite got it timed right again. Just goes to show you, "try, try again" is for suckers. :)
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The background is grainy because it's the back of a presswood serving tray. That's just what it looks like. For those who took issue with the title, the red area (50 points) is the "cork," and the term "bull's-eye" refers both to the cork (or "double bull") and the green area (25 points), the "single bull." So I didn't make a mistake with the titling or the aim. It landed in the green, a bull's-eye.
There's lots of noise in this photo... which isn't altogether bad, but I'm guessing you had a pretty high ISO? Nice movement in the dart... too bad it's not exactly a bulls-eye (or is it?) hard to tell. The line at the top, which I'm guessing is part of the wall is rather distracting... I think you could have achieved the same photo by cropping out some of the top, at the same time not putting the main subject directly center for a better rule of thirds look.
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