High Speed Air Rifle Photogrpahy by Alan Sailer

[SuperJT]

A friend of mine just emailed me this link. Pictures of stuff exploding. Some really nice stuff here.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/picture ... bject.html

[aim54x]

WOW!!!! That is really amazing, I wonder what sort of modifications he has done on the flash

[Alpha_7]

Very cool stuff, I like the flickr gallery, shows some more "victims". I'm hoping it has a wider setup shot included somewhere.

[DebT]

amazing shots - in both senses
thanks for sharing
DebT

[sirhc55]

Wow! And double wow!

[big pix]

....... this may help

http://zedomax.com/blog/2007/04/10/diy- ... otography/

http://courses.ncssm.edu/hsi/pacsci/text.html

http://www.woodselec.com/index.htm

[photoaffinity]

wow, those are stunning, Alan Sailer really has that style in the bag!


i did something similar a few years back, but no where near as slick as those ones.

[aim54x]

nice work john! Do you still have the setup for that?

[photoaffinity]

nice work john! Do you still have the setup for that?

No, but it's super easy to make, and cost about $10 from jaycar.
Just a piezoelectric diaphragm, a BD139(from memory) and some wire to a sync plug.
the diaphragm was taped to a piece of aluminium about a foot to the right of the frame, and the little voltage created when the pellet hit the aluminium was enough to trigger the bd139 and in turn the flash.

timing is simple, just move the aluminium plate back and fourth.

the other trick is to set your flash on a very low power, like 1/32 or so, to get the quickest flash out of it.

[aim54x]

sounds easy enough, now to find the time and an air rifle...

[photoaffinity]

sounds easy enough, now to find the time and an air rifle...

oh yeah forgot to add, it wan't an air rifle but a custom made (from pvc and brass) ".177 calibre air powered egg breaking device"