high speed photography

Teaching How to Safely Photograph Bullets in Flight

Teaching How to Safely Photograph Bullets in Flight

Here’s how they teach students to safely shoot photographs of bullets at the Rochester Institute of Technology.

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Cross it off the list: This Robot will beat you at Air Hockey

Cross it off the list: This Robot will beat you at Air Hockey

And we’ll tell you why that is important.

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Exploding Ball of Yarn

Exploding Ball of Yarn

I’ll admit that until today, I had never wondered what an exploding ball of yarn looks like. But then I happened upon this image and animated GIF in Alan Sailor‘s Flickr stream, and… now I know! Alan writes, “In this case (as in many others) I walk around stores looking for cheap stuff to blow […]

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Super Slow Motion Canon DSLR Shutter Action

Super Slow Motion Canon DSLR Shutter Action

Destin of Smarter Every Day took the lens off his Canon 60D, pointed a Phantom Flex high speed video camera at the shutter, and took a picture. The exposure cycle happens in four stages and lasts less than a tenth of a second in real time, but the Phantom Flex stretches that action out to […]

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Slow Motion Video from High Speed Photography

Slow Motion Video from High Speed Photography

Normally, ultra slow motion video requires very expensive cameras and lots of light. Using an unconventional method reminiscent of Eadweard Muybridge’s Sallie Gardner at a Gallop, Destin from Smarter Every Day caught slow motion video of a bullet coming out of a gun. Since that particular fast action is easily repeatable, he was able to […]

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An Airgun Pellet Shattering A Jello-Filled Xmas Ornament…

An Airgun Pellet Shattering A Jello-Filled Xmas Ornament…

…is just one of almost a thousand beautiful moments captured as high-speed photographs in Flickr user Alan Sailer’s photostream. I recommend starting with his “My Favorites” set.

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