How to Float a Ball
We setup a remote flash facing a white wall in the driveway while Tejas was bouncing and catching a tennis ball. The intention was to get a photo with the ball mid-air. It was surprisingly easy to accomplish without having to resort to a continuous-frame burst. The timing was important, and the flash froze the ball [BTW, a common flash setting error is here].
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 Mannat, being hatty at sunset -
Curiosity brought Deepu around, to look at this flash that was going off by «magic». Got a few of him.... going «ohhh! Yey kia ho raha hai?» [Oh! Whats happening here?].
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 And then Babu, jack-of-all-trades, had to be called a few times to climb and retrieve the ball from the roof of the house - a result of overly peppy tosses.
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I had «hid» a wireless flash inside the freezer, and asked Tejas to go look for a iced-lolly... the surprise on his face when the flash went off inside the freezer compartment gave me the chance to get a quick second shot and his expression.
Ghaziabad, September 27th.
And just for kicks here is one on how to defy the Earth's gravity.