Smith & Wesson in action!

Pyroxene · Post by **Pyroxene** » Sat Aug 23, 2003 9:25 pm

Here you go! This is one of the coolest photos I have ever taken. A friend and I were on his property and I captured this image while he pulled the trigger on my Smith & Wesson. You can see the bullet, fire in the barrel and in the cylinder.

It was captured using a Canon GL1 at 30 progressive frames per second. According to some research I did, the bullet is moving about 850 feet per second.

Cabinetman · Post by **Cabinetman** » Sat Aug 23, 2003 10:45 pm

Nice work, Pyro. As hot as that is, that's very cool.

C

Mulceber · Post by **Mulceber** » Sat Aug 23, 2003 11:50 pm

That is so cool...er...hot! it's like something from the matrix (you know, slow-mo) -IJ

RonC · Post by **RonC** » Sun Aug 24, 2003 9:58 am

Pyro....EXCELLENT!!!

Mulceber · Post by **Mulceber** » Sun Aug 24, 2003 12:26 pm

Also, if you look at the base of the barrel (ie where the piece that gives the revolver it's name is) you can see a flash of heat as well. -IJ

schwammy · Post by **schwammy** » Sun Aug 24, 2003 11:14 pm

You know, I was really impressed with myself several years ago when I snapped a shot of a cat in midair leaping over a window well. This kinda puts that to shame, Pyro.

Did you ever see the National Geographic photo of a rifle bullet slicing a playing card in half?

Pyroxene · Post by **Pyroxene** » Mon Aug 25, 2003 2:10 am

schwammy wrote:Did you ever see the National Geographic photo of a rifle bullet slicing a playing card in half?

I thought of the same thing. What makes this rare is that it was done with standard semi-professional equipment. Usually, you need a strobe light to capture something that fast. This was just pure coincidence that the shutter opened at that particular moment. And, I think it was one of the last rounds of the day.

Pyroxene

PS - You can find cool high speed photos on this site. http://www.rit.edu/~andpph/exhibit-3.html

Pyr

Renderking Fisk · Post by **Renderking Fisk** » Mon Aug 25, 2003 10:20 am

That's pretty awesome. For one second... that camera WAS faster then a speeding bullet.

Post by **Michaelson** » Wed Aug 27, 2003 1:16 pm

Very interesting picture. I've seen and shot photos with highspeed video that has shown this type shot, as well as explosions from platter charges etc. using C-4 explosives. This photo REALLY shows how slow that big old bullet moves from these big Smiths, as what you DON'T see is the horrendous flame flash that takes place in the bullet jump between the cylinder and the forcing cone of the barrel, and appears on both sides of the front of the cylinder. That has already taken place, and yet you can STILL see the bullet just after it has left the end of the barrel in the muzzle flame flash. Impressive study, and at 30 fps, an EXTREMELY lucky photo capture. I'd suggest (if you haven't already done so) making a high definition hard copy of this photo, document all info on the back, including the names of those involved, then framing it to hang in your Indy/rec room. It's one to be proud of. Regards. Michaelson

Post by **Mike** » Wed Aug 27, 2003 3:31 pm

Definitely a shot to be proud of, Pyro. Is a whip crack next?

Also pretty darn cool... the Atari Indy avatar.

Mike

The_Edge · Post by **The_Edge** » Thu Aug 28, 2003 12:47 pm

That is a cool photo! Nice work, Pyro!

Pyroxene wrote:According to some research I did, the bullet is moving about 850 feet per second.

Mike wrote:Is a whip crack next?

He'll have to be really lucky to capture that since the popper on a whip is travelling between 1200 and 1400 fps when it cracks.

-Edge

Minnesota Jones · Post by **Minnesota Jones** » Thu Aug 28, 2003 1:00 pm

Awesome picture! Thanks for sharing it!

I also love your "atari avitar" - ha!

Smith & Wesson in action!

Smith & Wesson in action!

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