High-speed shot of exploding bauble.
By shooting off only the bottom tip of the coloured sand-filled Christmas ball, much of the top remains recognisable in the image.
The shock wave has caused cracks in the glass and the lower parts already flung far away, due to the force of the impact the fastest moving parts and grains of sand are streaked in the image. On the right, the exiting bullet is still visible as a moving object in the cloud of entrained sand.
Image was taken in a darkened room using a flash trigger controlled by sound (bang from rifle), and 2 speedlite flash units on the lowest setting, diagonally behind the subject. This provides an exposure time of about 1/20,000 seconds. By setting a 'delay' on flashing exactly 28 milliseconds after the bang, the photo is exposed at exactly the right time by both flash units.
Landscape, concert and architecture photographer. Based in Purmerend.
Bob has been photographing since the 1990s. With a small sidestep to video filming so between 1998 and 2001 he eventually chose photography. The fine details you can capture with photography just give Bob more satisfaction than the bulk of information you..
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