High-speed shot of exploding white bauble.
By shooting off only the bottom tip of the bauble, a large part of the top remains recognisable in the image.
The shock wave caused cracks in the glass and the lower parts already far away. Due to the force of the impact, the fastest-moving parts are streaked in the picture, giving the illusion of movement in the photo. On the right, the exiting bullet has blown away a cloud of glass shards.
Image was taken in a darkened room using a flash trigger controlled by sound (bang from rifle), and 2 reporter flash units on the lowest setting, diagonally behind the subject. This provides an extremely short exposure time of about 1/20,000 seconds. By setting a 'delay' on the flash trigger of exactly 28 milliseconds after the bang, the bursting Christmas ball is exposed by both flash units at exactly the right moment.
                                
                                        Landscape,  concert and architecture photographer. Based in Purmerend.
Bob has been photographing since the 1990s. With a small sidestep to video filming so between 1998 and 2001 he eventually chose photography. The fine details you can capture with photography just give Bob more satisfaction than the bulk of information you..
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