Success finally !

[Desmond]

For anyone who never saw the beginning of my "droptester" experiments https://www.nikoncafe.com/vforums/showthread.php?t=209588 I finally got it right and this is the first of hopefully a series ....

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[kaige]

Good stuff Desmond.
Followed this thru from the other thread and I'm glad your persistence and ingenuity paid off.

 

[goffer]

amazing!

 

[Bob Walters]

Fantastic shot, but don't forget the background. If you don't mind me saying so, a little work on cleaning up the background would be time well spent.

 

[Bovineguy]

[sinister laugh]Ha ha ha ha ha ha [/sinister laugh] That's great Desmond, I love it. Thank you for sharing that. The question has to be asked though...How many light builds did you have to break to get that?

 

[Desmond]

That was bulb #6 of a pack of 8 I bought [ about 50c each ] .:smile:
I would like to clean up the background a bit but may have to resort to PS for that since my flash power is limited to 1/128th to get the high speed needed to freeze that type of movement . Otherwise I suppose I have to move everything really close to the bulb to catch the light ..... or I could leave the back open and have a black background maybe .
edit: Unless I connect up a second flash pointed at the background , I suppose that is where a synch cord comes in ?

 

[pinhead]

very neat. a shot like this is on my list but I want to wire it up so the filament is glowing for the shot.

 

[Desmond]

very neat. a shot like this is on my list but I want to wire it up so the filament is glowing for the shot.

That's exactly what I was thinking about yesterday , but I would need a clear bulb . It woud be easier with 24 volt bulbs but they are much smaller , then I would be able to have two switches , one that flicks 12 volts across the bulb contacts as it happens since you need about a 1 second exposure to do it all manually - if it is on for too long you get ghost images .
It was easier with fuses since they created their own flash when they got too many amps going through them :biggrin:

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[Mike S]

Very Cool! I love that kind of stuff.

 

[BruceF]

That's so cool. Very innovative.

 

[Desmond]

Thanks for the compliments , I'm busy trying to convince myself that I will survive if I try one with the air rifle - but I'm not 100% sure it won't go through both planks !

 

[pinhead]

i tried a similar trick a while back based on two sheets of aluminum foil with a small gap between them, didn't work so well for what i was doing, but for bullets, it might be great.

 

[Mike Savage]

That is great! I'm definitely interested in how you did it and would like to see more like this.

Mike

 

[deadmeat]

I also enjoy this type of stuff.

I want to take my girlfriend out to the range one day and have her shoot my rifle while I take pictures of the bolt moving and the round ejecting.

I think that would be a lot of fun.

-meaty

 

[Desmond]

That is great! I'm definitely interested in how you did it and would like to see more like this.

Mike

Have a look in the 'miscellany' section , the link about the "droptester "
https://www.nikoncafe.com/vforums/showthread.php?t=209588

 

[Desmond]

I moved the bulb closer to the background but also moved the flash a bit close and got some hotspots . I fitted a cheap wireless trigger on the hotshoe of the trigger and managed to get about an extra inch of hammer travel due to the delay ....

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[IsamuM]

Very cool, Desmond!

IMHO a black velvet backdrop would help to show off the subject matter, especially with a frosted bulb. I think a black surface would also be better, but you wouldn't want to use velvet for that. Maybe black construction paper?

 

[Desmond]

Very cool, Desmond!

IMHO a black velvet backdrop would help to show off the subject matter, especially with a frosted bulb. I think a black surface would also be better, but you wouldn't want to use velvet for that. Maybe black construction paper?

Thank for the tip , I'll see what I can come up with before destroying any more bulbs .

 

[Desmond]

Very cool, Desmond!

IMHO a black velvet backdrop would help to show off the subject matter, especially with a frosted bulb. I think a black surface would also be better, but you wouldn't want to use velvet for that. Maybe black construction paper?

I had some dark blue fleece ......

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[IsamuM]

Excellent! You can see all the little particles suspended in time and motion.