Slow Motion Photography
Slide Show - Slow Motion Photography | Norm's examples
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Slow motion is a movie-making effect in which the motion appears to have slowed down when played back. Slow motion effects can be achieved when frames are captured at a rate much faster than it they will be played back, so that when replayed at normal speed, time appears to be moving more slowly. Movies taken with cell phone cameras are often played back at 30 fps (frames per second). If, for example, a movie is recorded at 240 fps, it will play back at only 1/8th of the real speed (240 fps/ 30 fps = 1/8). Slow motion photography is excellent for analyzing events that occur too rapidly for the human eye to catch.
Examples of things to take pictures of in slow-motion
Slinky falling (compressed vs. extended)
Candle lighting (initial lighting vs. relighting from smoke)
Stacked ball drop (two balls vs. three balls)
Surface tension (soap vs. no soap)
Water pouring over spoon (fresh water vs. soapy)
Waves in a Slinky (variable: longitudinal vs. transverse)
Lapping water (variable: dog vs. cat)
Newton’s cradle (variable: number of balls)
Falling on a table (variable: salt vs. sugar)
Carbon dioxide coming out of solution (variable: still vs shaken soda)
Foaming as CO2 is released in Diet Coke (variable: Mentos vs. other candy)
Sports - Kinesiology
shooting a basketball
hitting a baseball
tennis swing
swimmer diving
golf swing
serving a volleyball
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