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The two best high speed photography subjects come togethter...

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  • #2
    kelly1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,026 ✭✭✭kelly1


    That's some capture!


  • #3
    dragon_lordMTB
    Registered Users Posts: 128 ✭✭dragon_lordMTB


    How did he manage to capture the bullet going through the water drop?

    Amazing.


  • #4
    Nisio
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 630 ✭✭✭Nisio


    I think it's a computer controlling the shutter, the water drop and an electrical coil gun that fires the bullet


  • #5
    Kintarō Hattori
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,015 ✭✭✭✭Kintarō Hattori


    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2056008297

    Mentioned already I'm afraid.


  • #6
    magicbastarder
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Arts Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 50,269 CMod ✭✭✭✭magicbastarder


    yep - c'est magnifique, mais ce n'est pas la guerre.

    or something.


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  • #7
    patmac
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,590 ✭✭✭patmac


    Panda wrote: »
    I'm seriously thinking of breaking into the photographers house to steal all his toys.

    I'd edit that if I were you, just in case his house is broken into, you'd be prime suspect.


  • #8
    Thecageyone
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,756 ✭✭✭Thecageyone


    Shopped.


    :P


  • #9
    mawk
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,738 ✭✭✭mawk


    Cool kids call it 'shooped' ;)


  • #10
    Thecageyone
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,756 ✭✭✭Thecageyone


    I wouldn't know :D


  • #11
    Sparks
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 40,038 ✭✭✭✭Sparks


    That really is quite amazing...


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  • #12
    Jonty
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,830 ✭✭✭Jonty


    I think its a fake. If you fired a bullet that close to water parrallel to the surface, I'd imagine the displace air would cause a wake on the surface?


  • #13
    Sparks
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 40,038 ✭✭✭✭Sparks


    It would; but not immediately beneath the round as it's moving so fast. You'd start seeing the disturbance behind the round. So it's possible he's just cropped that bit out. (Not saying it's not possible that it's faked either, mind...)


  • #14
    NakedDex
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,984 ✭✭✭NakedDex


    It's fired using a coil gun, so the round isn't actually picking up enough speed to cause the air displacement required to effect the water.


  • #15
    Sparks
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 40,038 ✭✭✭✭Sparks


    That's odd ND, coil gun velocities are usually well in excess of even the theoretical maximum you can get from a conventional rifle...


  • #16
    NakedDex
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,984 ✭✭✭NakedDex


    There was another thread featuring this photo somewhere, it included a link to the original feature in the Telegraph newspaper online, where the photographer explained that his coil gun had been dialed back, and was controlled, along with the camera and stobes, by one laptop. Essentially he was setting up the shot, pushing one button, and letting the laptop automate the the timings to get it just right.

    Edit:
    Found the explanation, sparse though it may be, here and here as captions.


  • #17
    Ricky91t
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,281 ✭✭✭Ricky91t


    Anybody else think this is crap?

    It's a very "meh" photo to me...


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