Latest high-speed photos

[Rhys]

I'm not very pleased with these. I changed my gun mounting from the vice to a hand-made mount which meant I had to move it further down the workbench. Because I have not as yet fitted a dedicated flash mounting bracket anywhere, there was little room to put my light stand and hence the flash was too far away from the subject. Add to that my flash was going off before it should - well before and I had an interesting time. There's a lot to high-speed photography. These were the best four photos of an ultimately disappointing evening (in 90% humidity and 90 degrees Fahrenheit in my garage - sweat was dripping off me).

The block of ice photo went well but the explosion was wider than I anticipated so the spray is mostly not sharp.
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2437/3673441181_e0349e6ac4.jpg

The strawberry shot went well enough but I'm definitely going to have to work out a better way of aiming. It was 1/2 an inch higher than I wanted.
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2562/3673436683_8977f3b727.jpg

The crayons destroyed nicely. It would have been nice to have the pellet in the frame but with so many variables I didn't manage it.
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2472/3673425603_2ff466d54d.jpg

This was the best photo of the evening. Three pencils going west. Again, the pellet would have been nice to have in the frame but there were so many variables that I didn't manage it.
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3584/3673429809_6a1ed8141c.jpg

[faisal]

I like the strawberry shot the best, but as you said that the light was too far which has resulted in darker images which doesn't really look nice....

[Mark_48]

Well done and much improved from some of your previous shots.

[michaelb]

Well done and much improved from some of your previous shots.
I'll second that.