Shooting through the lens...

[90AWDSM]

According to the Exif

Exposure Time: 1/200
F Number: 18
Exposure Program: Manual
ISO Speed Ratings: 100
Metering Mode: Pattern
Flash: Flash fired, compulsory flash mode
Focal Length: 42
White Balance: Auto white balance
Make: Canon
Model: Canon EOS 60D


I'm sure others who know alot more about this kind of stuff can somewhat figure out a way he took this.

 

[Robin Usagani]

Not bulb mode, not sensor triggered

 

[Buckster]

Buckster, I know what you mentioned is how it is properly done, but how many people own a sensor trigger?Bulb mode only works if you use the sensor trigger to shoot the strobe at a certain time. You can't have multiple strobe fires during the bulb mode, then the target (camera) will be overexposed. Or, I am really sure 12 fps or faster with short duration flash, you don't need to be that lucky to capture a bullet hitting a target. Judging with how sharp the bullet is, op may not have used regular strobe unless the camera and lens really slowed down the bullet.

Not bulb mode, not sensor triggered

Not bulb mode in this case, though it could have been, but definitely sensor triggered and definitely done with the strobe, not the shutter speed - Guaranteed.

You're an engineer, so you can figure this out easily. How far does a bullet travel in 1/200[SUP]th[/SUP] of a second? Depends on the bullet and gun, but it starts at around 600 feet per second. Now check this out:

The point is that it's far enough that it would be blurred if you tried to use shutter speed to catch a speeding bullet, even if your shutter speed was 1/8000 (second set of calcs, on the right).

This wheel has already been invented, so I repeat: The capture device in high speed photography is the short duration flash and a trigger to time it. Other than the flash (standard Canon or Nikon hotshoe flashes work) the whole trigger assembly can be had for a couple hundred bucks, or even cheaper if you're willing to solder the electronics together yourself.

I built a cheap version to capture my http://www.thephotoforum.com/forum/macro-photography/178920-milk-drops.html for about $30. I showed you the setup I made for it in http://www.thephotoforum.com/forum/...your-homemade-equipment-here.html#post1953429 . I came to that after doing a lot of research on the subject. That's how I got the information I'm passing on to you now.

That's how you get consistent results every time you fire, and in a setup where you're going to shoot a bullet through a lens, you don't want to be doing guesswork and hoping you catch it with a lucky shot, even if you have a whole box full of lenses you're willing to sacrifice.

Think about it man.

 

[Robin Usagani]

I am not disagreeing with you Buckster. I was just reading what the OP said on his first post. See red below.

About a year ago I asked how I could freeze a bullet with just basic equipment. I was given a lot of suggestions, but mostly told it could not be done. I'm posting this here to prove that there are only three things that will limit you in photography: Your skill/education, your equipment, and your imagination. If you lack in one, just make up for it with the other two and ANYTHING is possible.

I would think sound trigger or any other trigger does not fit in Basic category. That is all.

 

[Buckster]

I am not disagreeing with you Buckster. I was just reading what the OP said on his first post. See red below.

About a year ago I asked how I could freeze a bullet with just basic equipment. I was given a lot of suggestions, but mostly told it could not be done. I'm posting this here to prove that there are only three things that will limit you in photography: Your skill/education, your equipment, and your imagination. If you lack in one, just make up for it with the other two and ANYTHING is possible.

I would think sound trigger or any other trigger does not fit in Basic category. That is all.

It's basic equipment if you're going to shoot a photo of a bullet punching through a lens like that.

 

[Robin Usagani]

I guess we just need the darn OP to chime in LOL. I have seen enough people do crazy photos with BB guns (i know it is not as fast) and then use nothing but multiple tries (and burst mode) and yield good results. BB gun shooting a balloon filled with water and stuff.

 

[CCericola]

Or it's just photoshop tricks.

 

[Buckster]

I guess we just need the darn OP to chime in LOL. I have seen enough people do crazy photos with BB guns (i know it is not as fast) and then use nothing but multiple tries (and burst mode) and yield good results. BB gun shooting a balloon filled with water and stuff.

I'd like to see those.

Nonetheless, do you really think, for even a moment, that the OP did anything like that here? Has he really found a way to throw physics out the window? How many lenses do you think he went through with those "multiple tries" (and burst mode - at 1/200, by the way)? Look at the calculations I've now included in my post above.

C'mon man. Use your head. You took a guess at using a fast shutter, it was incorrect, and you're still trying to cling to it anyway. Give it up for science and the many who've come before us that worked this all out ages ago.

 

[Robin Usagani]

I said fps. Why are we arguing? 1/200 is still fast enough to get maximum fps with his 60D. The bullet is stopped by the flash. Like I said, I have seen enough people done lucky captures with burst mode.

 

[JAC526]

Awesome shot. Really.

How many lenses did you go through? Seriously?

 

[Raincheck]

I know it isn’t the same but this can easily be accomplished with the likes of Autodesk 3ds max maybe even better.
But that doesn’t take away the quality of this shot, respect for the capture marvelous photo!

 

[scorpion_tyr]

Thank you all for the comments and compliments! I'll post on here later today exactly how I did it when I get a chance to include pictures of the set up.

Here's how I did NOT do it: No triggers, no fast firing strobes, just a Canon 60D with an off camera 580EX II. And there was some editing involved, but it's not a "photoshop" job. All of the elements were in the original picture. I only destroyed one lens, no burst mode.

 

[Robin Usagani]

Ha..! You hung those glass pieces with black strings, blow smoke trough the bullet hole, hung the bullet too? Close enough?

 

[spacefuzz]

for your bullet speed calcs remember that it just punched through 6-8 pieces of lens and a camera body. It cant be going that fast anymore. I still wouldnt want to time it without a trigger though.

 

[Vtec44]

Thank you all for the comments and compliments! I'll post on here later today exactly how I did it when I get a chance to include pictures of the set up.

Here's how I did NOT do it: No triggers, no fast firing strobes, just a Canon 60D with an off camera 580EX II. And there was some editing involved, but it's not a "photoshop" job. All of the elements were in the original picture. I only destroyed one lens, no burst mode.

The real question is did: the bullet actually punched through the lens over 600fps?