Hi from New Zealand

Desmond · 07-02-2010, 01:28 AM

Hi , I received a link to this site on photocamel .
First off I'll say I'm not too concerned about the latest gadgets , I don't even own a TV though I do a lot on the computer .
Much of my interest in technology is based around photography and I have my own beginners site .

I have done some high speed photography and my present interest is in taking unique images so I'm busy trying to create an explosion

This is a light bulb breaking at 1/41000th sec....

a water balloon splitting at 1/11000th ....

a recent attempt at trying to trigger a fire ball ....

and I'm hoping someone into their technology can suggest something that will give me a decent fire-ball ?
I've wired up an electronic ignition system to my camera's wireless flash that gives me a 20000 volt spark within 1/400th sec of pressing the shutter .

Oh , and hello , by the way

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JDtech · 07-02-2010, 06:12 AM

Welcome!

Bodryn · 07-18-2010, 06:21 PM

Re: Fireball - what would happen if you drilled a small hole in an incandescent light bulb, put gasoline in it, taped it back up and put that on the end of an extension cord and photographed that when it was turned on? Might be best to do that in a plowed field somewhere or something so it couldn't do much damage. I got this idea from a book I read long ago - I believe it was by Tom Runyon, a prison convict! (Unless maybe it was fiction by a Tom Runyon who wrote fiction many years and recently died.)

Bodryn · 12-23-2010, 02:03 PM

For those interested, I found out a little more about Tom Runyon as mentioned above at a genealogical website. Seems he was a life prisoner at Iowa State Penitentiary and also editor of a prison newspaper. The book is: In For Life, published in 1953, and I found two reviews saying it was an excellent book by an intelligent person with great potential but who resorted to crime to make it through the Great Depression. He is obviously not the author Tom Runyon who recently died at the age of 89. I first learned of this book from my older brother Tom when we were kids.

07-02-2010, 01:28 AM	#1
Desmond Junior Member Join Date: Jul 2010 Posts: 1	Hi from New Zealand Hi , I received a link to this site on photocamel . First off I'll say I'm not too concerned about the latest gadgets , I don't even own a TV though I do a lot on the computer . Much of my interest in technology is based around photography and I have my own beginners site . I have done some high speed photography and my present interest is in taking unique images so I'm busy trying to create an explosion This is a light bulb breaking at 1/41000th sec.... a water balloon splitting at 1/11000th .... a recent attempt at trying to trigger a fire ball .... and I'm hoping someone into their technology can suggest something that will give me a decent fire-ball ? I've wired up an electronic ignition system to my camera's wireless flash that gives me a 20000 volt spark within 1/400th sec of pressing the shutter . Oh , and hello , by the way . __________________ Members don't see ads in threads. Register your free account today and become a member on Tech Today Online, gaining access to posting privileges, contests, free plug-ins and other downloads, unlimited online storage for your photographs, reviews, free marketplace listings, and much more.

07-18-2010, 06:21 PM	#3
Bodryn Member Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Minnesota; Manitoba Posts: 90	Re: Fireball - what would happen if you drilled a small hole in an incandescent light bulb, put gasoline in it, taped it back up and put that on the end of an extension cord and photographed that when it was turned on? Might be best to do that in a plowed field somewhere or something so it couldn't do much damage. I got this idea from a book I read long ago - I believe it was by Tom Runyon, a prison convict! (Unless maybe it was fiction by a Tom Runyon who wrote fiction many years and recently died.) __________________ Bodryn ======== "Where are we going? And why are we in this handbasket?"

12-23-2010, 02:03 PM	#4
Bodryn Member Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Minnesota; Manitoba Posts: 90	OT: More on Tom Runyon For those interested, I found out a little more about Tom Runyon as mentioned above at a genealogical website. Seems he was a life prisoner at Iowa State Penitentiary and also editor of a prison newspaper. The book is: In For Life, published in 1953, and I found two reviews saying it was an excellent book by an intelligent person with great potential but who resorted to crime to make it through the Great Depression. He is obviously not the author Tom Runyon who recently died at the age of 89. I first learned of this book from my older brother Tom when we were kids. __________________ Bodryn ======== "Where are we going? And why are we in this handbasket?" Last edited by Bodryn; 12-23-2010 at 02:04 PM. Reason: more detail

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07-02-2010, 06:12 AM	#2
JDtech Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Posts: 308 Blog Entries: 1	Welcome!