some new work

[Gr00v3]

i know i haven't been around. truth be told, i'm happy with where my e30 is so i feel no real need to want to do any more to her, instead i've been getting back into photography. I've also been airsofting quite a bit, got myself a constant 3 man squad with some extras here and there.

story: i got inspired to do these shots after watching 1000fps vids on youtube, so i set up a simple rig in my backyard consisting of water balloons, and a wooden stool.
gun used: brother's echo1 g36c shooting 350 fps with .20 ae's.
equipment used: canon 400d with sigma 70-200 f/2.8 at 200mm. 1/4000 @ f/4.5 iso400

the victims




awaiting execution


aaaand hit


we went through about 20 balloons or so, these are the ones that came out the best.









you can see the projectile in this one


and good ol explosions








and late shots









and last but not least, my favorite.



we're gonna try it with a coke can tomorrow and more balloons. enjoy!

oh and bobross, these are for you.

[ummagawd]

thats effin sikkkkk

[CobraKai]

sick shit like always karlo.
the explosion ones are by far my favorite.

[Ender.]

Nice! I like!

[-Javier-]

BEAUTIFUL shots wow what type of cam u have?

[PiercedE30]

BEAUTIFUL shots wow what type of cam u have?

an expensive one, that works really, really, really good apparently.

[CobraKai]

BEAUTIFUL shots wow what type of cam u have?

gun used: brother's echo1 g36c shooting 350 fps with .20 ae's.
equipment used: canon 400d with sigma 70-200 f/2.8 at 200mm. 1/4000 @ f/4.5 iso400

[CorvallisBMW]

Great work, I like the contrast between the stool/balloons and the black background. Really makes the shots pop. Did you put up a dark backdrop cloth? Did you use auxilliary lighting on the stool or just natural daylight?

[Dave]

interesting conceptual collection there - nice work

[Mclassy]

Truly art! You are amazingly good man.

[Gr00v3]

Great work, I like the contrast between the stool/balloons and the black background. Really makes the shots pop. Did you put up a dark backdrop cloth? Did you use auxilliary lighting on the stool or just natural daylight?

thanks for all the comments, i'm still waiting for bobross.

paging bobross

now to your questions: actually, i just used natural daylight at high noon. the dark background was due to the shading of a tree i had in the back. in some of the photos you can see little bright blobs here and there, and i admit, they are a bit distracting, but being this my first shoot of this type, i'm still learning. i plan to redo the shoot with a dark backdrop and maybe some controlled lights to have hte water droplets stand out, but for now, i'm very very pleased with how this came out.

[CorvallisBMW]

but for now, i'm very very pleased with how this came out.

As you should be! very good work, keep it up!

Edit: nice lense too :) I just picked up a Canon 70-200 f/4 L for my XTi and i love it!