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wxwax
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Most of us have seen high speed photography of a water drop, or something similar. But not many of us have considered doing the same ourselves.
But one man has. Using an air rifle, he's put together a home brew high speed kit. He shoots cards, balloons, glasses. I'd love to post a pic, but he has a very clear copyright statement at the front of his site, and I'll respect his rights.
But you can go and check it out here. This link is the front page. The menu to left takes you the various series of images, many with non-English text (is it Dutch?)
But one man has. Using an air rifle, he's put together a home brew high speed kit. He shoots cards, balloons, glasses. I'd love to post a pic, but he has a very clear copyright statement at the front of his site, and I'll respect his rights.
But you can go and check it out here. This link is the front page. The menu to left takes you the various series of images, many with non-English text (is it Dutch?)
Sid.
Catapultam habeo. Nisi pecuniam omnem mihi dabis, ad caput tuum saxum immane mittam
http://www.mcneel.com/users/jb/foghorn/ill_shut_up.au
Catapultam habeo. Nisi pecuniam omnem mihi dabis, ad caput tuum saxum immane mittam
http://www.mcneel.com/users/jb/foghorn/ill_shut_up.au
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"The Edge... there is no honest way to explain it because the only people who really know where it is are the ones who have gone over."-Hunter S.Thompson
Hope the blankets in cell 6 aren't covered in urine again.
and one from a couple of weeks ago..
A journey of a thousand miles begins with one step.
Of course, so does falling down a flight of stairs.
Catapultam habeo. Nisi pecuniam omnem mihi dabis, ad caput tuum saxum immane mittam
http://www.mcneel.com/users/jb/foghorn/ill_shut_up.au
The lighting is everything for these shots. I use a setup that was outlined at www.hiviz.com. I ordered and built a photgate and delay kit from that website. Basicly, using an eyedropper, drop some milk (or water as was shot #3) though the photogate breaking its beam. This runs to a delay timer that will delay the flash until the drop hits the target (say a 6 inch fall). Then the flash (a Vivitar 283) goes off at its fastest setting (approx. 1/30,000 sec). This all occurs in a dark room with the shutter open for 2 seconds.
For the first two milk shots I started incorporating one or more additional flashes triggered optically. I reason for the addtional flashes is that I am running f22 or smaller trying to get any increase in depth of field available since the milkdrop is about the size of dime and the dof of my 180 macro lens is less than half of that distance.
If you decide to try these types of shots, patience is the key. The three shots above is the culmination of 3 weeks of experimentation and several hundred pics. If I was using film I would have gone broke and given up. Immediate feedback is needed to change the delay time , the focus location, the force of squeeze on the dropper... you name it. But the results are kewl!
I was inspired by some of the classic shots of the the bullet through the apple and the bullet splitting a playing card by Dr. Edgerton a late MIT professor. ( He is also the inventor of the strobe light.)
A journey of a thousand miles begins with one step.
Of course, so does falling down a flight of stairs.