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Water balloons, high shutter speeds and timing

Tyler Nichols used his highest shutter speed 1/4000sec @f5.6 ISO 1600 to capture the bursting water balloon which I threw.
Tyler Nichols used his highest shutter speed 1/4000sec @f5.6 ISO 1600 to capture the bursting water balloon which I threw.

I was looking at the shutterspeed dial the other day and it occurred to me the most under used shutterspeed was 1/4000 sec or even 1/8000 sec.

Few of beginners and even professionals ever intentionally set those shutter speeds.

So while I have a class at La Sierra University I’m teaching the basics to, I came up with this idea to illustrate equivalent exposure at the same time make it fun and more exciting for my beginners. Continue reading Water balloons, high shutter speeds and timing