13 High Speed Photography Images
SPLASH! BANG! WHIZ! CRASH! Today we present 13 high speed photography images for your viewing pleasure.
I’ve you’ve got some of your own – stop by our forum and share some of your shots there.
We’ve included a few high speed photography books on the topic at the end of this post.
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Learn How to Do it with these 5 High Speed Photography Books
- “In the Blink of an Eye: The World as You’ve Never Seen It” (John Brackenbury)
- “Split Second: The World of High Speed Photography” (Stephen Dalton)
- “High Speed Photography and Photonics (SPIE Press Monograph Vol. PM120)” (SPIE Publications)
- “Caught in Motion, High-Speed Nature Photography” (Stephen Dalton)
- “Stopping Time: The Photographs of Harold Edgerton” (Gus Kayafas, Estelle Jussim)
61 Responses to “13 High Speed Photography Images” - Add Yours
September 4th, 2008 at 10:59 pm
This has always fascinated me.
September 4th, 2008 at 11:10 pm
amazing.. images
September 4th, 2008 at 11:12 pm
WOW , haven’t seen such pictures for long time. Great collection!
~LC
Btw I am buying Canon EOS 50D soon!
September 4th, 2008 at 11:20 pm
This is really amazing…thanks for the post
http://www.dialac1.deviantart.com
September 4th, 2008 at 11:23 pm
Some beautiful photos there, but should it really be called “high speed photography”? Maybe “stop motion”, or something similar would be more fitting.
The photo of the pomegranate was taken at 1/200s and the boy and the shaver were 1/60s! Not exactly break-neck speeds in digital photography.
September 4th, 2008 at 11:36 pm
Fascinating stuff! I’ve always wanted to try this out – but I don’t think my current camera can cut it.
September 4th, 2008 at 11:36 pm
Or maybe “high speed photography” is exactly the same a freeze motion regardless of the shutter speed… how misleading! Not your fault DPS, you didn’t make up the term :P
September 4th, 2008 at 11:45 pm
just magnificent! love them all.
September 4th, 2008 at 11:57 pm
Here are a couple of flying birds that my brother took in our garden…
http://www.mattbl.com/2006/03/blue-tit-in-flight/
http://www.mattbl.com/2006/03/robin-in-flight/
September 5th, 2008 at 12:04 am
Just like macro photography, top action photography shows us stuff we normally don’t see everyday. It’s always amazing.
I like all the images except the beer exploding. That is just wrong :-)
Rosh
New Media Photographer
September 5th, 2008 at 12:04 am
These are a few classical examples — splashing water caught at high shutter speed, plus cans, egg, apple, etc. pierced by some bullet or similar stuff.
With some exceptions, I found those pictures rather repetitive and boring. The last one was kind of neat, though.
September 5th, 2008 at 12:30 am
These are all great shots. High Speed is relative.
The second balloon one and the hummer are my favs.
Pete
http://www.petelanglois.net
September 5th, 2008 at 12:49 am
I’ve always been a big fan of high speed photography. However, with all the talent and expensive equipement involved, why do some many photographers simply shoot bullets through things. The first several hundred of those I saw were interesting.
It’s time to move on. There’s an entire universe out these. Don’t waste your talent and time on bullet shots. No more bullets.
September 5th, 2008 at 1:04 am
Absolutely brilliant! Thanks
September 5th, 2008 at 1:20 am
AC Says:
“Fascinating stuff! I’ve always wanted to try this out – but I don’t think my current camera can cut it.”
Sure you can… Even a small compact digital camera can do it.. The only thing you need to know is : Darker your room is, Easyer it is to freeze the movement and flash is absolutly necessary ;)
Good luck!! And have fun
Christine
September 5th, 2008 at 2:46 am
I wish they move away from the cliche’ high speed photos of milk/water drops and “stuff being shot with a bullet”.
September 5th, 2008 at 3:04 am
Amazing shots, all of them!
September 5th, 2008 at 3:09 am
My goodness! Amazing stuff there. Thanks,
Roger
September 5th, 2008 at 3:12 am
I really like the water ones best even the Norelco. The hummingbird is awesome and since they are a miracle of flight engineering it is amazing to see such a photo! My son does lightening photogrpahy and I’m not sure if its similar method or not… link to his site from my blog address.
At any rate I like the crisp clearness of your pics! Awesome.
September 5th, 2008 at 6:00 am
Wow, stunning photography indeed.
Jiff
http://www.anonymize.us.tc
September 5th, 2008 at 6:01 am
Great collection of photographs. Thanks!
September 5th, 2008 at 6:03 am
“high speed” photography often depends *not* on a fast shutter speed, but a strobe to freeze the action.
September 5th, 2008 at 6:04 am
WOW! so original! I’ve never seen ANYthing like it! WOW
September 5th, 2008 at 6:07 am
Really coool images! And amazing cameras!
September 5th, 2008 at 6:33 am
Alright for all you who think this is something other than High Speed, you’re wrong. (I’m just correcting) It’s highspeed regardless of the shutter because once the shutter opens the flash lights the shot for an extremely small fraction of a second. (the long shutter is used to be certain the flash will go off during the time it’s open) And “stop motion” is a type of animation technique(Read: claymation), not photography.
Love the apple shot and the kid.
September 5th, 2008 at 6:40 am
The shutter speed setting of the camera does not dictate the length of exposure when you are shooting with studio flash type lighting. The camera is set so that it captures a negligible amount of ambient light during the 1/250 or 1/200 or 1/60th second that the shutter is open. The actual exposure comes from the 1/2000 second or less that the studio flash fires.
September 5th, 2008 at 6:54 am
Could have at least placed captions on the pictures to describe what each is.
September 5th, 2008 at 7:09 am
Very interesting. These are great.
September 5th, 2008 at 8:07 am
It just looks like a bunch of drunk guys got together and bought a really expensive camera and started taking turns shooting random junk while the other took pictures….. Sounds like my kind of weekend!
September 5th, 2008 at 8:23 am
Shameless plug here: http://pa.photoshelter.com/c/md/gallery-show?G_ID=G0000HSibPSWld4w
Kristarella – the shutter speed is often irrelevant with high-speed photography. In most cases it the duration of the high-speed lights used to take the photograph. Some of my high-speed images have shutter speeds of 5 seconds, but actually are taken at 1/50,000 of the second.
September 5th, 2008 at 8:58 am
Thanks for the definition Michael (and everyone else who repeated what he said :P).
September 5th, 2008 at 10:35 am
I agree with Sam B – if only there was a caption telling us what each shot (’scuse the pun) was of. By reading the comments on the yoghurt/bullet shot I was able to find out what was happening. I live in Australia and using guns is only for the defence forces and police so bullets are not something that immediately spring to mind!
September 5th, 2008 at 11:07 am
In my state, the Forensic Scientists have purchased $100k worth of photographic equipment to do this, so they can better understand gun-shot wounds.
They practice by shooting dead pigs and watching how the wound erupts from the skin and it’s incredible.
http://www.mindweed.org
September 5th, 2008 at 12:06 pm
Wow, these are awesome. :)
September 5th, 2008 at 12:06 pm
These are just about the coolest thing you never did see except for the camera.
September 5th, 2008 at 12:07 pm
Cliche or not. High speed or stop action. These are nice shots. The two balloon pics are my favs. The one with the hole in the side but still holding its shape is a critical timing shot and the other balloon is just wierd. {:-) I have not figured that one out yet. It is wrinkled up on the side and the soft BB right next to it. Is the BB going in and there is a “wind” leading it and that is what is pushing on the balloon or is the BB exiting the balloon and then why the wrinkles?
Thanks, I like them all
Mike
September 5th, 2008 at 12:39 pm
The egg one is interesting … the exit “wound” is smaller than entry wound. Not what I would have expected
September 5th, 2008 at 3:45 pm
Ok who wasted a can of PBR? PARTY FOUL.
September 5th, 2008 at 4:46 pm
We had a photography assignment to do with high speed photography this weekend, and we got a great shot.
http://snurl.com/3n7lk
Not to bad I don’t think, seeing as we just starting out with photography
September 6th, 2008 at 12:17 am
Hey, cheers for the feature! My photo just got like 2,000 views in the last 24 hours and I was well confused as to where they’d come from. Thanks again, I really appreciate it :)
September 6th, 2008 at 12:18 am
Also, for all the people saying that you need a really expensive camera to take photos like this, you really don’t. I took mine with just a regular point and shoot..
September 6th, 2008 at 12:26 am
Great photos! I am buying a Canon EOS 50D next week. Going to start my website then. Look forward to the next Ansel Adam, ecerybody!
September 6th, 2008 at 12:47 am
You might dig this Schwepps commercial with high speed exploding water balloons – it’s really beautiful…http://twoifbysee.blogspot.com/2008/03/schweppes-burst-in-slow-motion-ballet.html
September 6th, 2008 at 3:13 am
Marvelous…
http://cutestwallpapers.blogspot.com/
September 6th, 2008 at 9:50 pm
I took me a second to realize the one was a balloon!
I always loved the “bullet through the cards” pictures – http://web.mit.edu/Edgerton/6.51s/2003/
September 7th, 2008 at 5:03 am
Great shots – I love high speed photography :)
September 8th, 2008 at 8:00 pm
The water seems to freeze in the moment that the balloon explodes.
Very well done !
September 8th, 2008 at 9:27 pm
Simply Superb.
We are in Videosurveillance IP cameras business and like such kind of beautiful images.
Can we backlink to you ?
best regards and congratulations.
September 18th, 2008 at 2:52 pm
Amazing! one of a kind. Congratulations!
September 20th, 2008 at 2:50 am
Great images..I really like all the images.
September 25th, 2008 at 12:11 pm
I gotta look in to that. I thought of a couple great things to shoot.
October 2nd, 2009 at 3:23 am
Love this stuff. What speed does a dedicated flash fire at? I think I read that if you lower the output you can get a faster exposure? Also what speed does a point and shoot flash freeze at.
Great website!
October 2nd, 2009 at 4:07 am
Noooooooooo!
Not the beer!!!!
October 2nd, 2009 at 4:27 am
Although they are all very nice, I would not consider the hummingbird shot high speed.
The wings are blurred as they are in the hummingbird shots I get, most of which are shot in daylight without a strobe.
Still a great feature, thankZ!
October 2nd, 2009 at 8:18 am
Well I don’t really care what it’s called (I am kinda partial to the name Bob), I think these pictures are great! As it was said by another poster, this kind of photography shows us a world we don’t often get to see.
October 2nd, 2009 at 10:56 am
These are great captures! I’ve never tried one of these shots before! I hope to try this type of photography soon. this has inspired me.
October 3rd, 2009 at 9:32 pm
Playing with some petrol at an airsoft weekend, please don’t try this at home.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/nicksk/3521658788/in/set-72157617865744649/
October 3rd, 2009 at 9:56 pm
This was a flash bag going off.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/nicksk/2938252410/in/set-72157607557738087/
October 6th, 2009 at 12:33 am
My best image:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/silaslenz/3117814276/
October 7th, 2009 at 7:35 pm
good images
October 10th, 2009 at 12:04 am
The third image looks like the BB was bouncing off the balloon. Pretty neat.
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