HighSpeed Photography Kind of Kicks Ass. Muzzle flash photos

[Stradawhovious]

So I bought me a sound trigger for my photography gear. The hurdle then became trying to find a place to shoot in the dark. Well this morning I Grabbed Pat Cannon, and headed off to Scratch's house, since he was gracious enough to provide a place for me to shoot in the dark.

We took several handguns, and tried to capteure them mid shot. Thanks again to Scratch for letting me use the place, and Pat Cannon for being the trigger man.

Here are a couple of the best from todays festivities.......


Ruger SP101.......





Smith and Wesson 625



And my personal favorite from today..... The Colt Police Positive Special in .32-20 WCF

[GunGoogler]

So I bought me a sound trigger for me photography gear. The hurdle then became trying to find a place to shoot in the dark. Well this morning I Grabbed Pat Cannon, and headed off to Scratch's house, since he was gracious enough to provide a place for me to shoot in the dark.

We took several handguns, and tried to capteure them mid shot. Thanks again to Scratch for letting me use the place, and Pat Cannon for being the trigger man.

These are awesome! Pat, you could be a part-time hand model.

Can you give some specs on equipment and setup? I'd love to hear some of that. These look great, Strad.

[Shipyard]

Siiiiiiiiiiiiick!!!!!!

[bstrawse]

These are awesome.

and what? No 1911's?
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[Spike]

That is wicked cool!

[Scratch]

It was great meeting you guys and having you out, and those pics turned out awesome!!

[SmoothAR]

I've always wanted to try some pictures like that. Thanks for gettin' it done and sharing with the rest of us. The pics are fantastic!

[TH3180]

Bad ass!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Pat Cannon]

These are awesome.

and what? No 1911's?
b

We shot a few rounds out of Strad's Kimber but Strad did not deem the muzzle flash awesome enough to publish.

[Humphrey Bogart]

canon flashes have a strobe setting. What were you using for flash?

[45Badger]

Way cool . What are the squiggly lines of light in the .357 pic?

[Stradawhovious]

Alright.... now that I have slept off the post activity beers, I can answer some questions....

The Hardware....

Nikon D-7000

50mm 1.8 lens

NIkon SB-28 Speedlight (Thanks PhotogPat!)

2 Pocketwizard triggers (Thanks for these too PhotogPat!)

Sound trigger

26" white umbrella

Settings

Speedlight - as low as it would go

Camera - F/5, ISO 320, Shutter - BULB remote activated

These are awesome.

and what? No 1911's?
b

Thanks! yes, no 1911s. Pat Cannon nailed it. We tried, they were less than spectacular. Next time I will load up some hot rounds and give it another go.

It was great meeting you guys and having you out, and those pics turned out awesome!!

Yep. Better than expected! Thanks again for having us out to your beautiful house, and letting me use you pole barn and bullet trap!

Way cool . What are the squiggly lines of light in the .357 pic?

Thanks! My best guess on the squiggly lines is either a grain of slow burning powder, or primer material.

[Stradawhovious]

These are awesome.

and what? No 1911's?
b

Here you go B, just for you.

Like I said, less than spectacular. I need to grab some really hot loads next time.

That, and I embarassingly missed the focus on this one. it's a bit fuzzy, and that drives me absolutely bat ****.



Oh, and here is one I found in the folder of my Kahr CW45... not sure how I missed it.... it's a pretty cool shot!

[Scratch]

Sweetness!

I should try to take some wicked cool pics like that too.... I'll break out my Kodak Disc!

[Thunder71]

Damn, that is sweet... would love to try that some time!