High Speed Photography - Frozen at Right Time

It’s not easy to come up with a perfect shot while capturing rapidly occurring event, photographers that specialize in this type of photography are masters of patience. Below are some incredibly cool images that shows the beautiful combination of artistic expression and technical precision.

Splash

Breaking the Rules | Beforethecoffee

Blue tit in Flight | Burrard Lucas

Cig | David Neff

Crash Test | Fiat

Kiwi Drop | Tpphoto

Near Death Experience | Bda668

Water Animation | Aziz J.Hayat

Frog Leap | Michael Durham

Bullet Shot | David Neff

Waterfigure, Object and Extra Splash | Fotoopa

Happy New Year! | Robert D Bruce

Lights Out | James Neeley

Balloon Explosion | Aziz J.Hayat

Whiplash! | Alastair Batchelor

Smash | Mark Watson

Flower | Fotoopa

Dart | OSUSTUDENT

From Below | Jens Erik Mikkelsen

Broken Bulb | Swashbuckle Pics

Death to Tomatoes | Photoboothguy

Santa Better Watch Out | Alan Sailer

The Infamous Hairflip | Micah Camara

Waterfigure | Fotoopa

Cognac | Byredis

High Speed Balloon Ripping | Infiltrator

Shotgun Shot Sequence | Andrew Davidhazy

Nikon Splash | LSG

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High Speed or Flash Photography is an Art

Tired of the same old objects around you? Shoot them to pieces for the sake of art!

High speed, or "flash" photography is an art, widely used in scientific research, which also has a dedicated following among those wanting to "blow things apart" in the most elegant way possible. Witness the very popular Flickr group and a multitude of posts around the world, all joining in the delirious excitement of exploding various objects on camera. It's not easy to come up with a perfect shot... consider 1200ft/sec average speed of a bullet, plus a synchronizing laser, hi-tec flash setup and a fancy camera-work. The following is "the best of" gallery from a few masters of the genre:

Stefan, a.k.a. Fotofrog has a gorgeous set, where fruits and some vegetables get blown to smithereens, together with some tableware:
























(images credit: Stefan - Fotofrog)

Crayons from Spyzter:


(image credit: Khuong)

Shattered glass lamp:


("Shattered Glass" by Raniel)

Peeled banana (and more from Jasper Nance)


(image credit: Jasper Nance)

Antibacterial soap bar:


(image credit: Jasper Nance)

Unfortunate? doll:


(image credit: Jasper Nance)

Hot tomato:


(image credit: Jasper Nance)

Bullet through a bottle:


(image credit: Johnny Lee)

"Pulsetronics" is UK company specializing in high-speed photography, mostly for science research. They also have a few artistic gems there... not for the faint-hearted! Check your electronic health record (EHR) to be sure -











Full Magnum Force:


(image credit: Arya Abidi)

Two spherical shock waves are visible on this "schlieren image" (an interferometric technique used to study the distribution of density gradients within a transparent medium). A serious weapon with considerable force, but nothing a good solid bottle of beer couldn't do:


(image credit: Laughlin Barker)