Comments on: Motionless Monday : Bullet through a rose http://talklikeaphysicist.com/2008/motionless-monday-bullet-through-a-rose/ Talk Like A Physicist Day : March 14, 2011 Wed, 05 Oct 2011 20:51:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: David Neff http://talklikeaphysicist.com/2008/motionless-monday-bullet-through-a-rose/comment-page-1/#comment-638 David Neff Sat, 19 Apr 2008 10:59:01 +0000 http://talklikeaphysicist.com/2008/motionless-monday-bullet-through-a-rose/#comment-638 The Rose is very soft and the bullet is moving very fast. I shot that same rose twice, just rotated it a quarter turn or so. I did use a personally modified hallow point .22 CCI Stinger. BTW the rose was at room temp and of course P-shop was only used to spot dust. Thanks for your interest. David <a href="http://daveneff.com" rel="nofollow">daveneff.com</a> <a href="http://flickr.com/photos/davidneff" rel="nofollow">flickr.com/photos/davidneff</a> The Rose is very soft and the bullet is moving very fast. I shot that same rose twice, just rotated it a quarter turn or so. I did use a personally modified hallow point .22 CCI Stinger. BTW the rose was at room temp and of course P-shop was only used to spot dust. Thanks for your interest.
David
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]]> By: Sunny Kalara http://talklikeaphysicist.com/2008/motionless-monday-bullet-through-a-rose/comment-page-1/#comment-186 Sunny Kalara Mon, 17 Mar 2008 12:35:07 +0000 http://talklikeaphysicist.com/2008/motionless-monday-bullet-through-a-rose/#comment-186 Rupa, you are already talking like a physicist. You wondered about why the rose didn't get shattered by the bullet impact - that's physics talk! David Neff is the photographer of these images and he keeps his techniques very private. But from what I can tell, he is using a modified .22 caliber bullet which might have been sharpened and/or its speed adjusted to capture these images. He might have cooled the rose too. The speed of the bullet apparently was 1645 feet per second, which is the standard speed for such a bullet; so may be the speed of the bullet was not changed. All he would say for sure is that there is no photo-editing tricks involved in these pictures. Rupa, you are already talking like a physicist. You wondered about why the rose didn’t get shattered by the bullet impact – that’s physics talk!

David Neff is the photographer of these images and he keeps his techniques very private. But from what I can tell, he is using a modified .22 caliber bullet which might have been sharpened and/or its speed adjusted to capture these images. He might have cooled the rose too.

The speed of the bullet apparently was 1645 feet per second, which is the standard speed for such a bullet; so may be the speed of the bullet was not changed.

All he would say for sure is that there is no photo-editing tricks involved in these pictures.

]]> By: rupa http://talklikeaphysicist.com/2008/motionless-monday-bullet-through-a-rose/comment-page-1/#comment-185 rupa Mon, 17 Mar 2008 11:44:25 +0000 http://talklikeaphysicist.com/2008/motionless-monday-bullet-through-a-rose/#comment-185 Wow! Nod and a smile—you deserve it all! Not being a physicist or even a scientist of any description I can’t talk like a physicist Or even ask an clever question. But I must say that this picture simply blew my mind, like s bullet through s rose—in slow motion! But how come the rose did not get shattered by the impact of the bullet? Wow! Nod and a smile—you deserve it all!

Not being a physicist or even a scientist of any description I can’t talk like a physicist
Or even ask an clever question. But I must say that this picture simply blew my mind, like s bullet through s rose—in slow motion! But how come the rose did not get shattered by the impact of the bullet?

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