Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/05/23

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Subject: [Leica] how to photograph a clay pigeon breaking in the air
From: phamard at numericable.fr (Philippe Amard)
Date: Wed May 23 14:58:20 2007
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WOW !!!!!!!!!!!!

Was the glass full when you threw it in?

CONGRATUALTIONS master George!
Phil...x


Lottermoser George wrote:

> 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.
>
>
>
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