Decided to play around with high-speed photography techniques with my flashes. I aimed the camera at the floor in the shower with a 10 second exposure at f/10 in the dark. I released the shutter, then dropped the balloon with one hand and with the other triggered my flashes right when it hit the floor.
I took about 100 shots and this was the best composition / effect. I find this kind of thing fascinating - we'll see what the voters think!
There are about 4-5 really different looking stages of the impact - here are some of the other shots:
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Hey, thanks for the comments, folks - just noticed them.
Yes, these are water balloons dropped onto a tile floor using flashes to freeze the motion. They're really pretty tough if you don't overfill them - I only had one break on accident. The "vomiting pacman" was on purpose - if you look closely you can see the pin on the floor. The only thing I varied over the other shots was exactly when the flash trigger went off during the impact.
I thought this was sweet. A great stop action image. I think to take it to the next level would be to incorporate more elements, like a target or maybe toss it at someone's face. :P
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