[Leica] how to photograph a clay pigeon breaking in the air

[imagist3 at mac.com (Lottermoser George)]

You mean like this: <http://imagist.com/lma/pg09_lmaproduct.html>

Regards,
George Lottermoser
george@imagist.com



On May 23, 2007, at 2:54 PM, Philippe Orlent wrote:

> I once -long before the digital era- had to direct a commercial  
> shoot of a bottle of water falling into water. The kind of 'frozen'  
> shot like those of ice cubes just falling into a liquid, with the  
> nice splash up.
> It took an enormous aquarium, 2 days of filtering of the brand's  
> water to get it perfectly clear, a clamp that was operated from  
> distance to hold and 'launch' the botlle at a certain angle, a set- 
> up of electrodes to trip the flash combo when the bottle passed  
> them (just before it touched the water surface), a completely dark  
> studio (open shutter) and a LOT of shots so we could choose the  
> 'perfect' splash.
> So doing it your way: congratulations.