Speed Junkies

Indeed, that's what I'd call those crazy cats that spend all their time taking amazing, sometimes hazardous pictures of high speed greatness. I am no where neeearrr as exciting as these people. I mean honestly, if you spend time to look up the high speed junkies of this new era you'll find some wild stuff.

Speaking of, I would like to bring attention how incredibly lame I am, that I did water pictures when there are sooo many different mediums that I could have attempted. But on that note I plan to be quite the rebel and try some interesting shots of my own. Of course I have been quite busy lately and those interesting shots require other people's help because I don't have the equipment necessary for all those complicated shots. So that is my lame explanation for repeating the water experiment. Hopefully this one is at least different enough that no one hates me. ^.^

I dedicate this picture to Martin Waugh, a high speed genius with water. He sculpts water! Its amazing, his work inspires the curiosity in my head. Of course, despite the stunning greatness of this guy, that's not the most popular type of high speed. Of the plethora of types of high speed, the most common is that done with a pistol. They set up an object and then they shoot it. Some of the stuff I've seen getting shot is rather humorous actually. Apples, water balloons, eggs, light bulbs, and more. I mean honestly, to get the one shot, image how many things they have to shoot!

I found most of the popular photographers on WebUrbanist.com and upon studying the pictures from a speed demon contest. There are many interesting pictures out there in high speed. Most the most memorable for me, well the most memorable of HS to me is the Tropicana commercials where they show the drop of orange juice popping up.

But as for the picture I took today, I finally got an entire picture shoot without noise! But I ran into another problem that I have had with great frequency. Reflective surface totally sucks. Everything you take a picture of, if its in a glass bowl, don't expect it to come out. That's just plain trouble. So if you plan on using a bowl for pictures I suggest clear ones or if aim slightly up so that the flash doesn't hit the rim of the bowl. Oh and I would also recommend you do not do your shoot in a big bright sink. Very... shiny. Best of luck!
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baggybunny