Photographs by Andrew Davidhazy

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High Speed, Schlieren and Photoinstrumentation Photographs


[bullet impact causing lime explosion] [bullet impact causing banana to blow up] [tomato smashed by a .22 caliber bullet impact] [bullet impact causing tomato to explode]
Lime
exploding
Banana
exploding
Tomato
explosion I
Tomato
explosion II

[supersonic bullet cutting rubber bands] [schlieren image of shock waves around a supersonic bullet] [schlieren image of shock waves around a supersonic bullet] [shadowgraph image of shock waves around a supersonic bullet]
Cutting rubber
microsecond
Supersonic bullet
schlieren
Shock waves
schlieren
Supersonic bullet
shadowgraph

[water splash by water drop impact on layer of water] [water splash by water drop impact on layer of water] [water splash by water drop impact on layer of water]
Water
splash #2
Water
splash #3
Water
splash #4

[water splash by water drop impact on layer of water] [water splash by water drop impact on layer of water] [water splash by water drop impact on layer of water]
Water
splash #1802
Water
splash #1873
Water
splash #1728

[exploding soup can hit by bullet] [queen of hearts with broken heart] [a can of soda exploding when hit by .22 cal bullet]
Soup can
exploding
Queen of Hearts
in two parts
Soda can
explosion

[bullet cutting playing card in half] [bullet smashing through playing card] [supersonic bullet ripping playing card in half]
Bullet cutting
playing card #10
Bullet cutting
playing card #11
Bullet cutting
playing card #12

[prismatic color and diffraction rainbow] [prismatic color and diffraction rainbow] [prism diffraction multicolored rainbow]
Light diffraction
by prism #01
Light diffraction
by prism #04
Light diffraction
by prism #15

[dripping water drops caught with stroboscope] [heat rising from candles focusing schlieren photo] [convection from candleflames seen with RGB focusing schlieren] [air warmed by candle flames visualized in color schlieren]
Stroboscopic
Pumped Water Drops
Focusing
Schlieren
RGB Focusing
Schlieren
Candle flames
Schlieren

[nude figure seen in stroboscopic motion] [wasp in free flight] [wasp in flight seen with high speed photography] [wasp in flight seen with high speed photography] [space shuttle endeavour during night time liftoff] [comet hyakutake]
Stroboscopic
Motion Analysis
Wasp in
free flight
Wasp
cruising
Wasp on
the loose
Endeavour
launch
Comet
Hyakutake

[rocket in flight seen with synchroballistic photo] [rollout portrait peripheral self portrait] [rocket in flight seen with synchroballistic photo] [special effect punch by slitscan photo]
Synchroballistic
photograph
Peripheral
self portrait
Synchroballistic
photograph
Slitscan
photo

[dancer seen by stroboscopic motion analysis photo]
Stroboscopic Motion Analysis photograph I
[dancer motion seen with stroboscopic motion analysis photo]
Stroboscopic Motion Analysis photograph II

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