Eggcellent

Great shots, prefer #1 though where there is the single point of focus.

Would love to see one where all 3 eggs are hit in the same shot!
 
In #2 and #3, it looks like your aim was low and hit the cardboard instead of the leftmost egg.
Were you aiming/firing in the dark?
 
Nicely done.. some proper egg cups would give it a bit more wow factor.
 
to me it looks like a backwards sequence but all PS into one picture
am i correct
he does say he only has a dozen eggs 1 air rifle and 1 camera ?
 
Thanks for all the comments guys.
They are 3 seperate pictures not one cropped on PS.
The science behind it.... when you click the shutter there is a small degree of mirror bounce, therefore it is impossible to take pictures at this speed. The shot is taken in a dark room and lit with flashes attached to a sound trigger (camera axe). The flashes have the power turned down ie 1/64 - 1/128th power, which limits the amount of time the flash fires (around 1/1000th of a sec). The camera is set to bulb mode then the only image captured is the 1/1000th of a sec the flash fired.....
and the rest is just the maths to work out the ft/sec the gun fires and how long in m/sec to delay the flash trigger :)
 
Brilliant shots! And really impressed with the thought that went into how to get the shots too; sounds very complicated!
 
Kerioak said:
Amazing that this is the ninth post and there are no egg yokes yet
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Oh all right... eggscellent shots. You've done all white with these. Me, I'd be too chicken to try that. Still, I won't be beaten and shell try it one day. I might poach your instructions though, as I'd just scramble the technicalities myself. :thinking:

Seriously though - this kind of stuff is really impressive and the science behind it fascinating. Brilliant! (y)
 
Reminds me of the cover on daltons book 'split second ' Nice pics mate. It's bloody tricky and you did good. I may have a copy of the book somewhere if you want it. Also check out the Einstein flash.. Super short duration. Well done
 
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