Comments on: [Death Wish] How To Dangerously Photograph Gun Muzzle Blasts

By: Michael Murphy

Michael Murphy — Sun, 22 Apr 2012 21:59:00 +0000

redneck photography. i love it. seriously though. that was awesome! great work.

By: Smarter Every Day

Smarter Every Day — Fri, 02 Mar 2012 05:58:00 +0000

Thanks for the invite…. but guns and beers don’t mix! The channel is called “Smarter Every Day” after all. Thanks for the post! - Destin

By: Lubin Tasevski

Lubin Tasevski — Tue, 28 Feb 2012 15:33:00 +0000

The images are cool, but since I’m not trained with guns, and neither are my friends, I won’t be duplicating this any time soon. I would be even more awesome if there were more lights used to give more dimension to the image captured to make it look more commercial. I would have enjoyed some back light, rim, and/or hair light. I would have used a minimum of 3 lights, though would prefer 4.

I was wondering, wouldn’t a sound trigger also work well for this and just add a small fraction of a second to when the sound starts to account for time for the bullet to leave the barrel from when the bullet is first hit in it’s chamber? I’ve seen other images where people use a sound trigger to capture images of bullets hitting objects.

By: apercep

apercep — Tue, 28 Feb 2012 03:40:00 +0000

Three things I love: Guns, photography, and science… Man, this was just awesome.. If I could make one suggestion, try it with a black powder gun.. lots more fire and smoke!!!

By: Simon Lynch

Simon Lynch — Mon, 27 Feb 2012 21:57:00 +0000

What freaks me out is that he is firing toward the camera. I was expecting a 90 degree view… not 45 degree from full frontal!!!! damn!

By: Patrick Hall

Patrick Hall — Mon, 27 Feb 2012 18:31:00 +0000

ha and the boat too

By: perceptionalreality

perceptionalreality — Mon, 27 Feb 2012 18:12:00 +0000

Patrick, may I suggest you save the beers until after you’re done shooting? :)

By: Patrick Hall

Patrick Hall — Mon, 27 Feb 2012 17:36:00 +0000

I know so little about this sort of thing but even if it could, the optical slave would not allow you to tweak the precise timing…it might fire when the light is the brightest (too late) or maybe when it first sees a change in exposure (too early). Just my guess

By: Philip Ball

Philip Ball — Mon, 27 Feb 2012 17:22:00 +0000

Ive been wondering if the muzzle flash could trigger an optical trigger like a peanut slave