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Subject: [Leica] Re:how to photograph a clay pigeon breaking in the air
From: leicachris at worldnet.att.net (Christopher Williams)
Date: Wed May 23 07:27:27 2007
References: <4268A9826B9DBE4D938B902A6BC8030802A883@exchange8.asc.local>

But, you could also take your Leica D200 along with 4 SB800's. Mount those 
SB800's in trees, on the ground, etc. The D200 can work 
wireless with the SB800's to trigger the flashes. Don't worry about slow 
synch speed, that Leica D200 can synch at 4000th/sec! Try 
that Canonites!

Anyway, that's what Nat Geo would do.

Chris

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Kyle Cassidy"
Subject: [Leica] how to photograph a clay pigeon breaking in the air


Philippe asked:

>Indeed. How did you do that? Just out of hand? That's would extremely
>short reaction span. Some fierce calculations? Using your ears combined 
>with shutter lag etc?
>A spectacular shot!

>>  http://www.armedamerica.org/lj/2007/clay1.jpg

Here's how to do it right:

1) Hire a decent trap shooter* -- any trap shooter worth his salt can break 
22 out of 25 "birds" out of the trap house.

2) Take said trap shooter to your local sporting clays range (trap is to 
sporting clays as a driving range is to minature golf) and 
find an easy target, probably one that comes slow towards the shooter.

3) Ask your shooter to figure out where it's easiest to hit the clay.

4) Pre-focus on that spot.

5) Use the highest shutter speed you can manage.

6) Launch the clay and snap a photo as it goes through "the kill zone", 
don't wait for the shot because you'll be too slow to catch 
it. You have to press the camera shutter when you THINK the shot is about to 
happen.

7) A box of 25 shotgun shells costs $5.50

8) Take photos until your shooter gets bored, you get bored, the light goes 
bad, or you run out of ammo.

9) Snap a nice photo of your trap shooter on the course as a "thank you".

10) Post to the lug, make a print-out for your trap shooter so they can 
impress their friends.





* You can use the language directly out of my contract: "Dude! Would you 
like an 8x10 of a clay pigeon you shot breaking in mid 
air?"

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Replies: Reply from hoppyman at bigpond.net.au (G Hopkinson) ([Leica] Re:how to photograph a clay pigeon breaking in the air)
In reply to: Message from kcassidy at asc.upenn.edu (Kyle Cassidy) ([Leica] how to photograph a clay pigeon breaking in the air)