The Money Shot - created by locksmagic


The Money Shot
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A pitcher stands less than 20 meters from the batter, and throws the ball at speeds of around 40 meters/sec. In that time the ball drops from its "straight line" path by about 1.2 meters.

Because of the stitches on the baseball there is considerable turbulence affecting its motion, and it may behave somewhat erratically. The complications in the motion of the ball arise from the Prandtl Layer of air that moves with the baseball, and which has a dominating effect on the motion of the ball.

The pitcher may put considerable spin on the baseball, corresponding to about 20 revolutions over its path.

A batter has about 0.5 seconds to gauge the path of a pitch, and the bat must be at the right place [within about 1 cm] at the right time [within 0.01 seconds] to make solid contact.

The bat-ball collision lasts typically for 0.001 seconds, and the average force on this ball is of order 10,000 Newtons, corresponding to a mass of about 1000 kg [or a ton].

Taking this into consideration if a batter manages to make contact with s baseball that is pitched between 30-45 m/s has the potential to leave the bat at a speed of 60 m/s spinning up to 3000 rpm and can return to the mound in 0.45 sec.

If the baseball traveling at a potential speed of 45 m/s contacts a stationary object i.e. a camera some of the kinetic energy is transferred to the stationary object. Kinetic energy is equal to ½ m v 2. The transfer of energy in this case will be equal to 1/2 the ball's mass multiplied by the square of it's velocity.

The amount of potential damage that a camera would incur if impacted by a by a baseball is incalculable as there are too many variables to account for. Therefore attempting to capture an image such as this could be considered by some to be gutsy...

Hopefully this explanation will appease the mod who told me I needed to add a description. :-D (5 years and 3037 days ago)


Going Down.... - created by locksmagic


Going Down....
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View down an elevator shaft from the 15th story of an abandoned hotel. (5 years and 3037 days ago)


Aiming at me - created by Remsphoto


Aiming at me
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As I edge towards the middle of the net, This staged tennis return gets closer and closer. (5 years and 3040 days ago)


Stupid Tourist - created by locksmagic


Stupid Tourist
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I hung the camera and myself over the edge of a building to get a shot down the street, it wasn't until I processed this later that I realized what the building in the background was! The ledge you see in the shot is the below the wall I was hanging over. (5 years and 3037 days ago)

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Just above the ridge - created by lbadge320


Just above the ridge
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We get a lot of grass fires around here finding a spot to photograph them is not always easy. (5 years and 3038 days ago)

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