Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/05/23
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Kudos! I once -long before the digital era- had to direct a commercial shoot of a bottle of water falling into water. The kind of 'frozen' shot like those of ice cubes just falling into a liquid, with the nice splash up. It took an enormous aquarium, 2 days of filtering of the brand's water to get it perfectly clear, a clamp that was operated from distance to hold and 'launch' the botlle at a certain angle, a set-up of electrodes to trip the flash combo when the bottle passed them (just before it touched the water surface), a completely dark studio (open shutter) and a LOT of shots so we could choose the 'perfect' splash. So doing it your way: congratulations. Philippe Op 23-mei-07, om 12:38 heeft Kyle Cassidy het volgende geschreven: > Philippe asked: > >> Indeed. How did you do that? Just out of hand? That's would extremely >> short reaction span. Some fierce calculations? Using your ears >> combined with shutter lag etc? >> A spectacular shot! > >>> http://www.armedamerica.org/lj/2007/clay1.jpg > > Here's how to do it right: > > 1) Hire a decent trap shooter* -- any trap shooter worth his salt > can break 22 out of 25 "birds" out of the trap house. > > 2) Take said trap shooter to your local sporting clays range (trap > is to sporting clays as a driving range is to minature golf) and > find an easy target, probably one that comes slow towards the shooter. > > 3) Ask your shooter to figure out where it's easiest to hit the clay. > > 4) Pre-focus on that spot. > > 5) Use the highest shutter speed you can manage. > > 6) Launch the clay and snap a photo as it goes through "the kill > zone", don't wait for the shot because you'll be too slow to catch > it. You have to press the camera shutter when you THINK the shot is > about to happen. > > 7) A box of 25 shotgun shells costs $5.50 > > 8) Take photos until your shooter gets bored, you get bored, the > light goes bad, or you run out of ammo. > > 9) Snap a nice photo of your trap shooter on the course as a "thank > you". > > 10) Post to the lug, make a print-out for your trap shooter so they > can impress their friends. > > > > > > * You can use the language directly out of my contract: "Dude! > Would you like an 8x10 of a clay pigeon you shot breaking in mid air?" > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >