10 Amazing High Speed Photos

What is high speed photography? High speed photography is the art of capturing an image of something that happens too fast for the human eye to see in real time. A few examples of high speed photography include:

• A bullet passing through a beer can
• A hammer smashing a glass bottle
• A water droplet

The human eye can blink in about 300-400 milliseconds. Have you ever heard the phrase “in the blink of an eye” and wondered what can happen in the blink of an eye?

How Fast is Fast?

• The speed of sound at sea level and 70 F is 1,129 fps or 770 mph.
• A typical 22 caliber bullet travels at about 1,200 fps or 818 mph.
• A Winchester .270 bullet travels at about 2,821.86 fps or 1,924 mph.
• The Space Shuttle travels at about 25,666.66fps or 17,500 mph.

So now that you know how fast is fast, check out our gallery of 10 amazing high speed photos.

Exploding Egg – This photo was taken with a Pentax *istDL with an exposure of 1 second. If you look at the bottom right of the egg you can see the pellet making its exit.

 

Pabst Blue Ribbon Beer – The beer can got violated by a 22LR hollow point. The image was captured with a Pentax *istDL with an exposure of 2 seconds.

 

Three Flash Splash – Three colored gels used over the flash to capture this beautiful image. The camera used was a Canon EOS 50D with an exposure of 0.4.

 

The high speed photo below comes from Ryan Taylor, AKA photoboothguy. The shot below is paint on a speaker. For those of you interested in knowing how the high speed photo was taken, Ryan has posted the Water Figure Tutorial here.

 

Red, White & Blue – A pellet penetrates 3 eggs. The photo was taken with a Canon EOS Digital Rebel XSi with an exposure setting of 2 seconds.

 

 

 

 

 

 

If you want to see more amazing high speed photographs check out the Flickr group high speed photography.