40d capturing an explosion

[thebrewer]

Here is what 6.5 fps will get you...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lIiyrfSC5oA

[zacker]

the skys washed out and it needs more saturation and contrast so it has pop!

lol,lol,lol... that was the standart reply, now for real... really cool... did you film this or find it? There was one posted this past summer i think, it was a shot of a cameras last photo right before a huge chunk of cement hit it while it made photos of a building being demolished... i believe it might have been a 1 series camera too..lol luckilly, it was being fired remotly and there was another camera shooting it from the side..

[thebrewer]

Thanks, I will try to not not shoot on overcast damp cold days.

I shot about 60 frames during the blast, the video is a quicktime compilation of still shots taken with a 40D. We were a safe distance away, no flying debris our way. It was esimated that 60,000 tons of rock was moved. To give you dome idea of scale here is a tight crop of the shot above.

[Tumak]

Compilation is cool, brings to mind Mt. St. Helens on a junior scale.

[zacker]

SWEET... EXPLOSIONS ARE COOL...

I made a little movie once with my 30D, my wife made me erase it before i posted it any place..lol it was just her walking into the house from the back yard...lol you couldnt even see her face, all you could see was her butt..lol

[Tumak]

There is a visual. :-)

[thebrewer]

The aftermath up close...I wish I had abeter way to put the pics together. I will mess with PS and imageready to do a animated gif.