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See Techniques for a description of the photographic methods.  (Note that the units of time are ms = millisecond = 0.001 second.)


Title: Orange water balloon shot with BB (transverse view)
ID #: HS-6-10
© copyright: Loren M. Winters
Medium: 35mm negative
Description: a BB emerges from a water balloon resting on a cup
Technique: single-burst flash
Category: Balloon
Title: Orange water balloon shot with BB (entry view)
ID #: HS-7-12
© copyright: Loren M. Winters
Medium: 35mm negative
Description: same balloon as in HS-6-10 as viewed in the direction of the BB's path
Technique: single-burst flash
Category: Balloon
Title: Red water balloon shot with BB (transverse view)
ID #: HS-19-7
© copyright: Loren M. Winters
Medium: 35mm negative
Description: BB just prior to emerging from water balloon
Technique: single-burst flash
Category: Balloon
Title: Red water balloon shot with BB (exit view)
ID #: HS-20-07
© copyright: Loren M. Winters
Medium: 35mm negative
Description: same balloon as HS-19-7 as viewed from the side of the balloon on which the BB exits. The cavity produced by the BB in the water shows clearly.
Technique: single-burst flash
Category: Balloon
Title: Green water balloon shot with BB (transverse view)
ID #: HS-20-9
© copyright: Loren M. Winters
Medium: 35mm negative
Description: BB just exiting from a water balloon. Water droplets on the surface of the balloon collapse in the center as a result of the rapid outward expansion of the balloon. The latter is brought about as the BB pushes the water aside inside the balloon.
Technique: single-burst flash
Category: Balloon
Title: Yellow water balloon shot with BB (transverse view)
ID #: HS-19-10
© copyright: Loren M. Winters
Medium: 35mm negative
Description: rip in a water balloon doglegs downward as the water spray doglegs upward
Technique: single-burst flash
Category: Balloon
Title: Ring pulse in yellow balloon
ID #: HS-20-14
© copyright: Loren M. Winters
Medium: 35mm negative
Description: BB exiting from an air balloon produces a pulse that rings the exit puncture
Technique: single-burst flash
Category: Balloon
Title: Ring pulse (B&W)
ID #: HS-23=01
© copyright: Loren M. Winters
Medium: 35mm negative
Description: BB exiting from an air balloon produces a pulse that rings the exit puncture
Technique: single-burst flash
Category: Balloon
Title: Ring pulse and rip in orange balloon
ID #: HS-20-15
© copyright: Loren M. Winters
Medium: 35mm negative
Description: rip emanating from the puncture site of the exiting BB travels faster than the ring pulse
Technique: single-burst flash
Category: Balloon
Title: Ring pulse and rip in green balloon
ID #: HS-24-15
© copyright: Loren M. Winters
Medium: 35mm negative
Description: rip emanating from the puncture site of the exiting BB travels faster than the ring pulse
Technique: single-burst flash
Category: Balloon
Title: Hanging water balloon shot by BB
ID #: RM-7-23
© copyright: Loren M. Winters
Medium: 35mm negative
Description: BB traveling from left-to-right punctures a hanging water balloon. 3 successive images of the bursting balloon are swept across the film from right-to-left.
Technique: multiflash, image sweep (interval 2.000 ms)
Category: Balloon
Title: Race between a rip and a BB
ID #: HS-11-3
© copyright: Loren M. Winters
Medium: 35mm negative
Description: The rips in the water balloon travel faster than the BB that produced them.
Technique: single-burst flash
Category: Balloon
Title: Perimeter rip in a hanging water balloon
ID #: HS-25-2
© copyright:
Medium: 35mm negative
Description: The balloon material recedes toward the top and bottom away from the rip that encircled the balloon. A trough reveals the path of the rip.
Technique: single-burst flash
Category: Balloon
Title: Wraparound rip in a suspended water balloon
ID #: HS-25-17
© copyright: Loren M. Winters
Medium: 35mm negative
Description: puncturing this hanging water balloon near the bottom produces a graceful rip
Technique: single-burst flash
Category: Balloon
Title: Ripping water balloon and reflection
ID #: HS-31-2
© copyright: Loren M. Winters
Medium: 35mm negative
Description: partially-filled water balloon is burst by a falling needle. A reflection is captured in water left on the table from a previous burst.
Technique: single-burst flash
Category: Balloon
Title: Vertical rip in a resting water balloon
ID #: HS-17b-13
© copyright: Loren M. Winters
Medium: 35mm negative
Description: The rip in a balloon supported from below travels vertically downward. A distinct trough is left in the water's surface by the rip. The surface of the water is roughened by the rapidly receding balloon material.
Technique: single-burst flash
Category: Balloon