[guerito]

If you expected young girls posing around the swimming pool - sorry lads! This is about pool billiard!

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This is the first time I tried this. There have been some problems, the worst being that my tripod doesn't seem to support the weight of the camera plus the external flash, so I had camera shake in many of the pics. Another problem was the timing, it's been near to impossible to shoot exactly at the right moment. I had the shutter time in 1/8 and the flash on the rear end of the exposure time. I'm not happy with any of them. #1 and #2 are the best of the bunch, #3 is a fake (not being able to make the shot I tried with post processing) and #4 is not really a break shot but this is the one I like most.

Has anybody done something like this before and would like to share some tips how to get it right?

[jericho]

That is a very interesting effect! Nicely done.

[Toad]

#3 is the ticket, I think - perfectly catures the motion of the break.

[Cailean]

#3 is the ticket, I think - perfectly catures the motion of the break.

Funny how the 'fake' one is the best at capturing our perception of reality!

[shuttertalk]

Hey great shots guerito.. I like no 4 as well!

[StudioJ]

I was thinking the same thing as Cailean.

I really like this idea though Guerito, why not try this with a longer exposure without flash, take some of the exposure before the balls connect.

If you take a longer exposure there is the option of hand holding your flash and pressing the fire/test button on the flash during the exposure from any position you like and it will freeze the action somewhat at that point.

[Petographer]

Interresting shots. I like that last one.