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Edward Horsford's water balloon bursts

NPR has a short write-up about Edward Horsford’s technique in photographing water balloon bursts. He puts his camera on a long exposure and rigs up a special device that detects loud sounds and fires a flash at that same exact … Continue reading

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Profoto Pro-8a packs have very fast recycle times

Profoto Fight Night from S1 Group on Vimeo. Profoto shows off their incredibly fast strobe refresh times on their new Profoto Pro-8a packs by inviting two professional MMA fighters to S1 Studios in Toronto, Canada and photographing them while they … Continue reading

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Ball

Ball from Ries Straver on Vimeo. “Ball” by Ries Straver is a looping video of a young girl holding a red ball/balloon that seems to grow and shrink under her control. The video is an exercise in precarious tension as … Continue reading

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Canon 1D Mark IV: 10fps burst

Canon EOS 1D Mark IV 10fps burst. Continue reading

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Southwest Airlines plane catches fire upon landing

On May 12, 2009 at around 7:45PM, a Southwest Airlines Boeing 737-300 (flight WN519) caught fire while landing at Hobby airport in Houston. The flight was inbound from New Orleans when one of its tires burst into flames. This video … Continue reading

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The slowest slow-motion water balloon burst ever

Filmed at 7000 fps. Yeah. Can you name anything else you’ve seen lately that was filmed at 7000 frames per second?

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