Comments on: Speed Photography – How to Photograph Exploding Fruit and Balloons Popping

By: oldfella

oldfella — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 22:50:18 +0000

Having played around with flash, water, balloons etc, I have made some adaptors to do the job. The HIVIZ circuits are OK, but I cannot agree with their use of piezzo discs for a sound trigger. They are a buzzer not a microphone and to me they are not sensitive enough. I always use a sensitive crystal microphone .where at full sensitivity heavy breathing will trigger the flash.

By: Fentino

Fentino — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 17:33:56 +0000

I recently smashed some light bulbs on the floor :-) Pictures are here in a flickr set. And I also wrote about how it was done here in my blog.

By: joe

joe — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 13:23:47 +0000

I just want to add that i have been taking some water drop pics and have achieved this by using the sports mode on my camera (Nikon P90) it takes up to 15 frames per second and I didn’t need to use a flash, maybe it is better to use a flash to get a clear pic but then again, it was fun to play with and gave me some insight into what can be achieved and I didn’t have to worry about special triggers and I get to choose which of the 45 pics i thought was the best, rather than just having one pic of the action. and actualy come to think of it, I also achieved good results with my little old sony cybershot camera too.

By: Lloyd Smith

Lloyd Smith — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 06:25:31 +0000

The camera mounted flash will not work. I used two side mounted. Send me an e-mail and I will send you photos of my setup. lsmithtwin@comcast.net
http://picasaweb.google.com/Lsmithtwin/MicroLensPhotos#

By: Lloyd Smith

Lloyd Smith — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 04:31:51 +0000

e-mail me at: lsmithtwin@comcast.net and I will tell you how I did mine with just a cable release, no sound triggers. Take a look at my photos at: http://picasaweb.google.com/Lsmithtwin/MicroLensPhotos#

By: Jacquie

Jacquie — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 02:46:19 +0000

Can you tell me what the sound BP Kit is? Jacquie

By: Jacquie

Jacquie — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 02:45:11 +0000

Hello, I love the pictures of the Balloon best. I wish I had purchased a Nikon D300, but I only have the Nikon D 40 that my spouse purchased. It to can do a lot and I have great hopes to trading it in the near future. I always get so much information from this Web Site, I too want to say Thank You to all the contributors with the great advise you give now and will continue to give. Jacquie

By: jhon

jhon — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 23:46:00 +0000

i’m a beginner in this field and i want to know the first step on how to shoot a picture like how to set up my camera, the basic functions and etc…. i know you can help me thanks….

By: Lloyd Smith

Lloyd Smith — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 23:44:20 +0000

I have lots of high speed balloon water shots. Take a look and contact me. I did not use any triggers. Did it by hand. Send me you e-mail and I send you some photos.

Lloyd Smith

By: Tea

Tea — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 21:04:39 +0000

This is awesome! I have always wanted to know the secret of speed photography =)
I should be putting this tips to practice soon! Thank you DPS!! And oh…just so that you know, DPS mail is truly one that I look forward to getting each time I open my computer …a lot of help indeed!!! God bless DPS!!