Attempt at capturing a muzzle flash.

I did this more for documenting purposes than artistic ones but I think it turned out fairly interesting.

Taken at night with a single flash on a timer.

 

It is interesting indeed! Good job. Don't understand "on a timer" though. Can you elaborate on your set up?

 

Meaning it was a camera-mounted flash and the camera was on a self-timer on a tripod.

 

I still don't understand how that coincides with the timing of the shot itself. How did you coordinate the two?

 

Good shot! Reminds me of the old Nikon advertisements from the early 1980's when they invented the world's first 1/4000 second focal plane shutter, showing a .38 Special bullet moving through the air as a demonstration of what 1/4000 second could do.

It looks to me like we're seeing the bullet moving through space in your photo as well. Cool!

 

Oh. You mean "shot" as in the shot from the pistol. Not the image from the camera.

Yeah. I practiced. I pulled the trigger exactly when the self-timer ran out.

 

That's a terrific picture. No suggestions at all. Well done.

 

Very cool

 

Yup, you can see the bullet in flight just in front of the muzzle. The slide has just began its rearward travel.

Great shot. I would be interested in hearing how you triggered your shot as well to time it with the firing of the pistol.

 

Just practice. I stood in front of the camera as the timer was going off and got a feel for when the flash was about to fire. Then I would pull the trigger at the same time.

I have a bunch of other shots of shells ejecting and the like, if anyone is interested, but none quite so interesting as the one I posted.

 

Ah, thanks for the follow-up.

I figured it was a VERY lucky shot. Literally one in a million!

 

I would be QUITE surprised if this shot was real. The red color near the muzzle and the total lack of movement in the slide are very strange. This was a decent attempt at Photoshopping a muzzle flash but it just seems too motionless to me.