High Speed Photography : Frozen in Time
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In a blink of the eye, a lot can happen. A lot of astonishing things happen in a split of a second, but they are moving too quickly for us to see. High speed photography is the art of photographing a rapidly occurring event. Depending on the event to be photographed, methods range from use of ultra-short time flash exposures to producing lots of exposures in a split-second. Seemingly frozen in time, a lot of photographers have their own special method doing high speed photography. The usual photographic flash component offers a flash that lasts around a thousandth of a second (a millisecond). But photographic flash component used in high speed photography is so much quicker than this, and it creates a flash of light around a microsecond (a millionth of a second). This let you to freeze time through pictures that are happening tremendously fast.
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 | Avi_Abrams
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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Here are more inspirational photography entries we’ve previously published. Check them out!
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