Sometimes you just got to pop a balloon ... again and again and again by lesip

Sometimes you just got to pop a balloon ... again and again and again

Saw a water balloon shot here a couple months ago. Went back in my favs so I could credit the idea to @888rachel. Goggled photographing water ballon bursts and found lots of different ideas. Went to buy balloons and I'm not sure why Walmart and Target were almost sold out ? I hung one of MANY balloons from the rail of my deck stair top landing. Set the camera on a tripod with my wired remote. Put my speedlight on a chair at a 45 degree angle from balloon. Went to find our darts which turned into a 30 minute not here not here not here . We haven't used them in centuries, well a long long time. Finally ready the mess began. Two hours later I said enough and had 4 okay shots. This was the last and right before it I went and grabbed some colored chalk I had recently bought and wrote a couple words on the wall of the house under the stairs.....
Wow... you got the pop just at the right time! I tried this once and it is HARD! FAV!!!
August 5th, 2014  
fun like the background as well. Strong arm, strong pop. Was the bracelet deliberate? It's a bit distracting to me.
August 5th, 2014  
What a fun shot
August 5th, 2014  
How clever. Perfect timing.
August 5th, 2014  
Very clever
August 5th, 2014  
@bernadette no, maybe I should have taken it off.
August 5th, 2014  
Great high speed work! I rather like the bracelet. It tells me a hit about the popper, and it coordinates with the other blue parts of the image.
August 5th, 2014  
a *bit
August 5th, 2014  
@hollymays thanks Holly
August 5th, 2014  
Well done, I have not had a go at this yet!
August 5th, 2014  
Love it!
August 5th, 2014  
AWESOME! Look at the muscles in those arms too!
August 5th, 2014  
Awesome!
August 6th, 2014  
Great shot!
August 6th, 2014  
Just revisiting... I love the blues, the bracelet, the dart, the chalk. Oh, and I noticed those muscles too :)
August 6th, 2014  
Bec
Well worth the effort!! & nice arm ;)
August 26th, 2014  
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