Bullet shot through falling water drop.

Almost an abstract, this is a bullet macro going through a

highlight-tinted droplet of water [The tint is from the lighting, not

post work]. Thoughts?

now thats a marksman X 2 ~ GT

at first I looked at it and was like "eh," but then I read what it was and was suddenly amazed.

how did you time it? awesome

This is realy original, amazing !

With the collision of two moving objects you are bringing these frozen-movement shots a step further, by all means.

 

I like the justrapoxition of the lower part of the drop, still moving like nothing had happened, and the fragments all above it.

 

Being able to clearly see the bullet with the water profile all around it brings this a step above any frozen picture I have seen.

Un bello trabajo Jeff,, color y composicion exquisita,, saludos,,,6/6

Original! Well done!

Before I knew what this was it caught my eye. Very beautiful. I wish the DOF was better though so I could see in detail the fingers of water at the perimeter. After reading what it was I knew this kind of shot could not be done without a very controlled environment. (MIT, Edgerton Center) - the man who I think invented the strobe? Anyway I would like to know how far away the lense is? What kind of lens, MM? What was the shutter speed? The aperture? And how the "H" did you pull the camera trigger at the correct moment? Film or digital? And any other details. Thanks in advance. 7 for originality, 7 for aesthetics

well what can I say except AMAZING and beautiful! First I thought it was a feather but then I read your comment! and I am still amazed, and yes, beautiful abstract it is now. hm. where is the bullet? it went out on the other side??

incredible!

Biliana

Awesome capture.

Beautiful collision of art and science.

This is really an orignial idea. At first I didn't know what I was looking @ and then I read your description and it hit me like a lead bullet. Sweet shot! 7/7

Excellent image by all standrad. Best regards.

bizarre, grotesque, abstract... I've never seen something like this before.. excellent!

thanks everyone for comments. some responses:the details of how i timed it are available at http://bea.st/sight/doubleTrigger/index.shtml , it's a trigger i made specifically for high-accuracy bullet photography. basically it allows accuracies to about 0.5cm in bullet placement, which equates to a few microseconds. The drops were dropped from what is called a 'piddler', used originally by edgerton [so i'm doing nothing 'new'], and the element of getting both to line up together was generally luck - the spacing is such that about 1 in 5 shots hit a droplet. high enough to shoot off 30 rounds and get 5 or 6 reasonable shots.

george - as far as i can remember, the issue here actually isn't DOF, which was ok - it's that actually the water spray is travelling faster than the bullet and we're seeing a slight motion blurring [in similar photos with no contact there is a tiny blurring of the bullet but it is minimal]. yes as you guessed, this is all based on the work of harold 'doc' edgerton, who invented the strobe originally to observe high speed machinery to check for defects. I don't remember the lens settings off hand, i believe it was a 100mm macro lens and this was a nikon d100 digital. the camera was placed about a foot or two away from the drop. shutter speed is unimportant in strobe photography in general - you leave the shutter open for about 30 seconds while setting up in complete darkness, and then just let the strobe go off at the right time, and it's all that's picked up.

biliana - the bullet's still in there! it's on the right side, still shrouded in water spray.hope this info helps - jeff

That's outright impressive! Thanks for sharing.

Superb. Very interesting. Thanks for the show and information.

Quite impressive. Thanks for sharing the details with us.

Wow, realy original! Great!

beautiful shot! i remember when i was about 10 my dad was taking a class from edgerton at MIT. my dad took me to meet him one day. he ended up giving me a polaroid of the bullet and the apple, and signing the back. i didn't really know who he was until a few years ago when i got into photography and was looking through a book. i am so grateful that i got to meet him even though i didn't realize it at the time. i'm glad his legacy lives on.

Stunned. Niiice set up.

What can I say that has not been said already...nothing so I just have the need to say Bravo,well done!!