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A .30 caliber bullet, traveling 2,800 feet per second, requires an exposure of less than 1/1,000,000 of a second. Edgerton outdid the gunslinging heroes of western movies by turning the card sideways when he shot through it. The rifling of the barrel caused the rotation of the projectile, which, in turn, carved out the S-shaped slice of card between the two halves. (from"Stopping Time" (1987), pp. 122-3). (CC)
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Our universe is beautiful
how does he do that its amazing!!!!!!!!
this is an interesting photo because, in this type of photography, the photographer has to shoot the camera in the exact moment, to get this strange effect.
Thats a crazy shot but its all done by machine
boom…..God save the king!!!!!!
wow …. is it real … i remember making this in Paint last year …
Like comedy, timing is everything.
Wonderful timing to get the perfect shot!
As a freshman in Doc’s Strobe Light seminar class I got to make one of these myself. Doc would show you how to set up the camera and the rifle, hand you the bolt for the rifle action and a box of 22 shells and set you free.
What a blast…what memories!
the king is dead ………
Wow, the expertise involved here is so immense. This image is so facinating and magnificantly taken.
I wouldn’t like to know the person who shot that bulet.
How it’s done: A microphone is positioned to catch the shock wave off the bullet. The card is positioned. The rifle is aimed so the bullet’s path will ‘cut’ the card. The room is darkened. The camera shutter is opened. The rifle is fired. When the bullet’s shock wave hits the microphone, it triggers the flash. Then the camera shutter is closed.
I took Doc’s freshman seminar, and he spent a whole Saturday morning helping me with this — something he’d probably done hundreds of times. Every time I asked him about something, he’d say “Well, let’s try it and see.” A wonderful experience!
Imagine how many shots they had to take.
What happens if they missed shooting the card with the bullet.
They would have to take another shot at the card.
Bang! “dammit i missed”
How many cards of the king of diamonds did they use?
my favorite (*.*)
Thanks for Sharing! (Both pic and technique)
awsome!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
How can this be???
See Edgerton’s “Stopping Time” (1987) pp.122-3.