- Messages
- 231
- Name
- Fred Dawson LRPS
- Edit My Images
- Yes
High-speed photographs by Alan Sailer capture the moment a pellet fired from an air rifle hits an object
and please use their services
Incredible high speed photographs by Alan Sailer
- Thread starter Fred Dawson
- Start date
- Messages
- 3,838
- Name
- John
- Edit My Images
- Yes
Fabulous set of images, all on a $300 flash firing budget... super set, thanks for posting.
- Messages
- 265
- Edit My Images
- Yes
Really enjoyed those, thanks for posting 
- Messages
- 1,615
- Name
- Dominic
- Edit My Images
- Yes
yeah i found these a week or so ago.... their amazing
- Messages
- 472
- Name
- Chris Ratford
- Edit My Images
- Yes
Amazing! Mental note ... don't ever diss the D40!
I don't know what i'm more impressed with, the pictures or hitting the face of a razorblade with a .177 pellet. Either way, the guy is good
Probably shot from reasonably close range
Theres a video online of a 50cal machine gun V samurai sword which shows a similar thing happening.
not very interesting as still images, far more impressive as high speed videos slowed down...
maybe the objects are boring, but the shockwave spreading through a soap bubble when it was pierced is the most amazing high speed video sequence i have seen
maybe the objects are boring, but the shockwave spreading through a soap bubble when it was pierced is the most amazing high speed video sequence i have seen
not very interesting as still images, far more impressive as high speed videos slowed down...
maybe the objects are boring, but the shockwave spreading through a soap bubble when it was pierced is the most amazing high speed video sequence i have seen
I'd have to disagree. The videos are amazing as well, I will admit that (especially slow motion lighter [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=29nj7oLc9g8])
but I think that as stills they are also very spectacular!
Anyone fancy posting a tutorial on how to do slow motion shots like this ourselves?
- Messages
- 1,685
- Edit My Images
- Yes
Id imagine like most of these high speed shots the rifle is in a vice and aimed with a laser as they would have been shot in near to total darkness, great shots though. It's something I've wanted to have a go at for a long time.
If anybodys wondering how they are done it's basically a blub exposure of several seconds then a flash modified for a very very short burst of light to give the scene the exposure. In these photos the pellet broke a laser beam triggering the flash to fire. (You can see the beam in one of the shots) Most people with an external flashgun would have the capabilities to do these to some degree, it really depends on just how much you can dial down the power of your flash.
If anybodys wondering how they are done it's basically a blub exposure of several seconds then a flash modified for a very very short burst of light to give the scene the exposure. In these photos the pellet broke a laser beam triggering the flash to fire. (You can see the beam in one of the shots) Most people with an external flashgun would have the capabilities to do these to some degree, it really depends on just how much you can dial down the power of your flash.