Do you see the flash?

I read this somewhere a while back, but never fully understood it until yesterday.

I was shooting jump shots and trying to really see the moment the shot was taken and I started to see the picture, almost like it was burned onto my retina. This allowed me to, for a brief second, see the composition and lighting, and took a lot of guess work out of it.

I never saw this before and hope I can continue to make this happen. It was really kind of wonderful.

Do any of you see this? Is it normal and I just happened upon it?

yes, I sometimes see it as well, I know exactly what you are talking about! It is strange to me when it happens, but yes, it definitely does happen sometimes.

I'm an avid shooter, and when I'm really in the groove I can see the pistol's slide come back toward me and the brass eject, and know exactly where the shot landed. Haven't got there yet with the camera.