Summary
Our goals for this project were to capture the rip of the hydrogen
balloon during the explosion. We
started out with the Optura Digital Motion Camera, and we were not able to
capture the image because it occurred so fast and the motion camera was limited
to 30 frames per second. Then we
switched to the D-1 digital still camera. With
the set-up shown on a previous page we were able to trick the viewer into seeing
what we wanted them to see by using a double exposure.
With this camera we were able to set the shutter to open for two seconds
and then close again. Because the
photo shoot took place in a dark room the only light that exposed the film was
minimal from the candle and then the film was really exposed by the flash unit
and the explosion. The flash
enabled us to capture the balloon ripping and then the explosion exposed the
film again. This has a really neat
effect, which our group was pleased with and proud to claim.
It might not be possible to obtain a real picture of our goal because we
were using the explosion to expose the film, but there is not enough light to
capture the rip. To capture the rip
another light source must be used which creates a double exposure.