[Leica] Bat Bending Strength: The Ted Gran Effect?

[Jim Nichols]

It is hard for me to understand how you got that effect at 1/1800 sec.  
I would expect the shutter to stop the bat at a point in time.  But I 
know little about the details of the Fuji shutter. :-(

Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA

On 5/10/2015 10:47 AM, Robert Adler wrote:
> Trying out the M 135 f/3.4 ASPH on a Fuji X-T1, as a potential longish lens
> solution. This visual phenom occurred (no photoshop!).
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/rgacpa_HI/Bat+Bending+Strength-2015-05-09.jpg.html
>
> Ted Grant has an image, "Martha," that seems to be somewhat similar to this
> effect:
> http://tedgrantphoto.com/Martha.htm
>
> I think Ted has never been able to explain why this happened: he knows what
> he was doing when he took the image, but how it happened eludes him.
>
> Perhaps nothing to do with Ted's effect, but interesting...
>
> BTW, this is your Mother's Day photo quiz: knowing the equipment, do you
> know why this happened?
>
> Happy mother's day to all the amazing moms out there!!
>