High speed? You ain't seen nothing yet!

[Vidal]

Just been sent this link - I so love them.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/picturegalleries/howaboutthat/5049293/High-speed-photographs-by-Alan-Sailer-capture-the-moment-a-pellet-fired-from-an-air-rifle-hits-an-object.html

V.

[ben306]

Some amazing photos there

[Mike H]

Completely breathtaking that. Some absolutely unbelievable pictures. The one with the pellet is unreal. What I'd give to have equipment capable of that.

[LM]

Holy FUCK.

They're absolutely AWESOME.

This one did it for me though, purely because it's transparent.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/telegraph/multimedia/archive/01372/glass-ball-water_1372322i.jpg

[Albino-Jay]

Woah some amazing shots there. The one with the razor blade is immense

[Captain Meowmix]

I think we should try and replicate that razor blade shot.

Only substitute the razor blade for Coxie's nose, and the pellet for a brick?

Would be cool yes/no?

[Mike H]

Holy FUCK.

They're absolutely AWESOME.

This one did it for me though, purely because it's transparent.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/telegraph/multimedia/archive/01372/glass-ball-water_1372322i.jpg


I missed that one as I was flying through them at work.

My lord that's just the most amazing photo. Words fail me.

Superb find V.

[LM]

Be interesting to see the setup, and a bit of a write p on how he did it etc.

My air rifle used to do something like 580fps (feet per second), so fuck knows how he's captured that.

[Vidal]

Be interesting to see the setup, and a bit of a write p on how he did it etc.

My air rifle used to do something like 580fps (feet per second), so fuck knows how he's captured that.

Would be done with a laser actuated strobe. As the bullet passes through the laser the strobe would fire for 1/1000000 (1 millionth) of a second, just vary the delay needed to get the right shot. I'm sure the equipment would be pretty cheap (less than £500)

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3033/2882621667_bc02c30bc4.jpg?v=0

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3051/2882616267_109b28075b.jpg?v=0

See, just vary the delay - and the picture is different.

Download instructions for home made strobe photography. (http://www.hutton-web-design.co.uk/files/strobe.pdf)

V.

[Mike H]

I was just reading up on it, on that link, it said his equipment cost $300!! That's pretty cheap tbh!

[LM]

Very, very cheap.

[3i]

there are some similar videos on youtube if you do a search for 2000fps