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Anne CH Postma 9 months ago

Schitterend gedaan. Ik zou al blij zijn met de druppel, maar dan ook nog eens een kogel er doorheen? Bravo!

Arpandi Art 10 months ago

woooooooooowwwwwwwwwwwwww...........great job,,,,,,,,,,,,,,fantastic

Lachlan Kent 11 months ago

Awesome shot Lex! Can you please explain the flash duration... 1/128 still seems pretty slow for a bullet. How did you manage to basically freeze the action?

Lex Augusteijn 1/128 is about 40 microseconds flash duration, this is enough to get my bullet reasonably sharp.

Lachlan Kent Ahhh... I see... I thought this might be the case... Thanks for the explanation

vinod varghese 11 months ago

this can't be true......

Andrew Bigwood 1 year ago

Awesome work - this is fantastic.

Ihdar Nur ; Dadank 1 year ago

...............
(Staring at this pic, with my jaw drop on the floor)

fatma alrefaee 1 year ago

wow im speechless thats an amazing shot !

Fatih G�rel 1 year ago

this is impressive.

Saeed Zanganeh 1 year ago

excellent

Sek King 1 year ago

and the most important thing is not the picture?but the idea

Lex Augusteijn Thanks Sek, I agree. I guess this holds for many pictures.
But given the idea, one needs to actually implement it.
Choose composition, lighting, timing in this case.

Sek King 1 year ago

excellent

M. Hakan OZSARAC 1 year ago

I am silent because of this achievement!!..
Extraordinarily beautifull photo, creativity!!..
Billions of congrats!..

Zarif Nuhut 1 year ago

excellent :)

teguh santosa 1 year ago

very very superb!

Sofia Alexandersson Ros 1 year ago

THIS is really impressive! WOW!

Vic. Parsons. 1 year ago

A technical masterpiece, absolutely amazing that you can time these events so precisely, BIG BRAVO!!!!!!
Best regards
Vic.

Lex Augusteijn Thanks Vic for your compliments.

Agus Sudarmanto 1 year ago

Wow,amazing macro

Beth Brousil 1 year ago

I'm curious what kind of location you used? It seems like you would need a really specific type of area big enough for all your gear and the lighting set up, as well as the gun shot.

Lex Augusteijn It is just in my home. Camera and flashes are not that big, and if you shoot from close enough, you do not need that amount of space, and aiming is easier as well. Also, timing will be less critical, as there will be less spread in the bullet position if you capture the event close to the gun.

Jeff Lewis 1 year ago

like many others, I simply don't see how this is possible.

mina fallahnia 1 year ago

wow!
bravo!
!!!!!!!!!!!!!

pjgarcia 1 year ago

It is an incredible moment and an absolutely amazing picture.

Dean Gustafson 1 year ago

This is truly amazing! How many images did you take before you got this? Impressive!! Thanks for sharing!

Trui Alink 1 year ago

geweldig!!

Lex Augusteijn Dank je wel Trui, fijn dat je hem kunt waarderen!

Artin-h 1 year ago

The simultaneous recognition, in a fraction of a second, of the significance of an event as well as the precise organization of forms which gives that event its proper expression...
Henri Cartier-Bresson

Lex Augusteijn Wow, that is a lot of praise to cite Cartier-Bresson.
But I like the citation, it is well phrased and so true!

subir ghosh 1 year ago

How is this possible !!! Amazed !!

Mann Judit 1 year ago

Simply incredible!!!!

Tobias Bräuning 1 year ago

Lex, again a fascinating shot!

Lex Augusteijn Thanks Tobias!
Do you mean the camera shot or the gun shut?? :)

Tobias Bräuning Both, perfect combination ;-)

Ricardo Cabruja 1 year ago

Incredible shot!!... Very impressive work!
Congrats

Oguzhan Bozkurt 1 year ago

!!!! Superb...

Felipe Gabaldon 1 year ago

I'm really impressed since I saw it in screening. Congrats on this awesome shot.

mirror 1 year ago

wow

Kusoglu Ali 1 year ago

Excellent...! Very nice capture.

Leon 1 year ago

Magical....

Sofian Anwar 1 year ago

Great shot! Good timing...excellent! Regards.

MarcWildPassion 1 year ago

This is simply amazing to catch 2 events like those ones; That's a masterpiece in synchronisation and not only a technical performance but this is a superbe shot ! Congrats

adrien 1 year ago

You're killing the cliché. Very good!

Orazio Scuderi 1 year ago

perfect timing!

asha mohamud 1 year ago

that must of been very very hard and you must be amazing =D

Harry Eggens 1 year ago

Great shot Lex.

Perfect work and thanks a lot for the explanation you wrote to Art Lionse's comment.
Highly appreciated!

Best regards, Harry

Lex Augusteijn Dank je Harry, graag gedaan.

Harry Eggens Ere wie ere toekomt Lex.

Groet, Harry

Marc Pelissier 1 year ago

Bravo .. A true revisit of the drop type picture. Impressive result

Pierre Pageau 1 year ago

félicitations .

Colmar Wocke 1 year ago

I remember it from SCreening and your picture deserves praise - well done!

Lex Augusteijn Thanks Colmar, and everybody else for your nice feedback.

Louka Pics Photography 1 year ago

WOW !!! - This is Truly AMAZING !! =D

Jan Hermans 1 year ago

SuperB! Great work.

Art Lionse 1 year ago

loved it right from screening. Curious about how you synchronized the two events, drop and bullet? Manual or automated in some way? A really great shot, congrats!

Lex Augusteijn Actually more than two event:
- two colliding drops
- gun shot
- camera shutter
- 2 flashes
All synchronized by electronics.
I used two flashes, one from the back to illuminate the drop, one from the front to get some reflection on the bullet.
Especially the flash synchronization is very critical, due to the fast speed of the bullet. It requires a precision of 10 microseconds, otherwise you will see the bullet in two locations.

Art Lionse pretty impressive, thanks for sharing!

Risquillo 1 year ago

Wooww This is AWESOME!!
How you did it?
Congrats!

Raul Alexandre 1 year ago

simply brutal!.........................

Shawn Ruyffelaert 1 year ago

Timing is everything!!!

Great "shot" on all accounts...

hardibudi 1 year ago

Amazing! perfect timing!

Øystein Eriksen 1 year ago

stunning!!!

Heidi Westum 1 year ago

This is so amazing - love it :)

Manohar Srikanth 1 year ago

Nice idea and an appealing picture.

Exposure: 1/10secs?, I guess the flash was strobed at much higher speed.. what flash strobe did you actually use?

Lex Augusteijn Flash was 1/128, which is about 40 microseconds.

martin zalba 1 year ago

SUPER!!!

A.G. photographe 1 year ago

and bullet don't let drag on water ?

Lex Augusteijn You mean drag by air flow?
I only see this when I shoot much closer to the water surface.

A.G. photographe thank you for reply !

incredible shot but great shot ^^

Piotr Kordula 1 year ago

Amazing!

Dmitry Laudin 1 year ago

WOW

Alessandro Gauci 1 year ago

:-O WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
fantastic!!
regards
Ale

KPK 1 year ago

Super!

Stephen Earle 1 year ago

Brilliantly done!

Jean-Marc MANGIN 1 year ago

Nice !
I've tryed the same but the projectile is a little blur.
My flash isn't so fast... :-(

Lex Augusteijn Thanks Jean-Marc.
One of the screeners thought it was fake.
It is real however, just proper timing and a short flash.
The only PS work was some lighting and sharpening.

Jean-Marc MANGIN Hi !
What kind of flash do you use ?