Photos of Bullets in Flight

[ndbbm]

Ballistics photographer captures images of the microsecond a bullet leaves a gun - Telegraph

 

[GodFearinGunTotin]

Those are cool...I particularly like the sequenced shots.

 

[threedhuntr]

Very cool. Thanks.

 

[snowman]

neat stuff!

 

[BiscuitNaBasket]

Neat

 

[paulh]

I noticed the amount of flame in and around the wheel guns. WOW!! Makes you want to be sure you are wearing gloves

 

[BrewerGeorge]

Rifles' bullets outrunning their own shock waves are pretty cool.

 

[BogWalker]

I noticed the amount of flame in and around the wheel guns. WOW!! Makes you want to be sure you are wearing gloves

Same thing I noticed. That flash gap really spits fire!

 

[bocefus78]

That's pretty cool! As somewhat of a camera geek, I wonder how many shutter acuations he has taken to get those 12 or however many it was pics?

 

[DRob]

Ultra high speed photo equipment is amazing! Not only is it capturing the bullets in flight but you can clearly see the rifling marks on the bullet.

 

[BE Mike]

That's one lucky shooter! The photo's aren't bad either.

 

[Indy_Guy_77]

Same thing I noticed. That flash gap really spits fire!

Which is why you don't want your fingers near it!

who knows how many dozens upon dozens of folks have been cut by the gasses of revolvers. A "normal" .357 may not cut the skin of a normal healthy in-his-prime adult male's hand - but it certainly CAN. Anything above .357 mag (with .44 Special being a possible exception?) will generally cut a fool.

 

[nipprdog]

That's pretty cool! As somewhat of a camera geek, I wonder how many shutter acuations he has taken to get those 12 or however many it was pics?

Most photos like those are not taken like you might think. They're taken in darkness with the shutter open or using a very slow shutter speed. Then they use very expensive strobes that have a very, very short duration time for the flash. Much shorter than a conventional camera flash. The quick flash of light is what captures and freezes the action.

 

[Thor]

Great photos interestingly published by a newspaper in a country they frown upon gun ownership...

 

[bocefus78]

Ultra high speed photo equipment is amazing! Not only is it capturing the bullets in flight but you can clearly see the rifling marks on the bullet.

That's what I first noticed...and some have more than others it seems.

 

[MemphisR32]

Most photos like those are not taken like you might think. They're taken in darkness with the shutter open or using a very slow shutter speed. Then they use very expensive strobes that have a very, very short duration time for the flash. Much shorter than a conventional camera flash. The quick flash of light is what captures and freezes the action.

This!!

I studied the technique and took photos with the pioneer of synchro ballistic photography in college as part of my degree. Nothing like being in a 100% dark room shooting a rifle with a 10,000 volt arc snapping off between electrodes. The "flash" going off was much louder than the rifle report.

 

[Bigtanker]

Very good work.

Personally I like RatedRR high speed videos better.

 

[Force10]

Amazing photos...

 

[throttletony]

very cool... I might make one of those pics my desktop pic
(but then my wife would get mad that it's not the family pic... so maybe splitscreen )

 

[scrub buck]

Cool. I expected to see vapor trails from rifles, but those fist full of dynamite shots are awesome too.