Pulitzer Prize winning photographer Doug Mills discusses his iconic photo of a bullet passing by former President Trump's ear and the chaos he witnessed at the rally in Butler, Pennsylvania.
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Photographer who took iconic photo of bullet near Trump's ear explains how he got the picture
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LightRoasted
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Highly doubtful. A very small 5.56 travels at over 3000 feet per second. His camera would have had to been set at over 1/100,000 with a wide and full aperture with a strong light source for maximum lighting to even possibly catch the bullet in the frame. And really could of only have been seen with a high speed video camera system. Plus the picture would have been much darker. So it never happened. What ever is in the image, it's something else.
Highly doubtful. A very small 5.56 travels at over 3000 feet per second. His camera would have had to been set at over 1/100,000 with a wide and full aperture with a strong light source for maximum lighting to even possibly catch the bullet in the frame. And really could of only have been seen with a high speed video camera system. Plus the picture would have been much darker. So it never happened. What ever is in the image, it's something else.
Looks real to me, either way I think it was well done.
There are a lot of Digital Cameras these days with super fast shutter speeds and exceptional resolution.
I'd bet this guy was shooting with a 24MP, at least.
Couple of things - to determine the speed you would need to know the load. While a 55 grain bullet does achieve 3,100 fps, a 77 grain bullet runs around 2,800 fps, a 110 grain bullet runs around 2,300 fps and a 220 grain will be at about 1,000 fps. Next, at what speed would the bullet be traveling after it hit a piece of flesh?
Also the speed of the DSLR ISO.
Some of them are 100-100000 these days.
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Hijinx
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I don't know about loads or any of that BS, I don't know if the picture was real or not.
What I do know is that if it is real it was accidental not planned. Just incidental to the incident.
Even if he knew exactly when the bullet was passing by he could not have purposely taken that picture. If it is real.
What I do know is that if it is real it was accidental not planned. Just incidental to the incident.
Even if he knew exactly when the bullet was passing by he could not have purposely taken that picture. If it is real.
LightRoasted
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Of course there are. The majority of times in bright day light to capture a moving subject, such as a person moving their arms and head, so the image doesn't blur, a photographer will typically shoot a shutter speed of 1/400 or 1/800 with an appropriate aperture setting.
And using any of the higher end settings on the camera, such a the Sony you posted, would be use in specific high speed circumstances only. It is not the amount of megapixels that matter, it is the speed setting of the shutter and aperture settings.
For all we know it's an airplane moving in the background. Besides, that supposed bullet is lower, about 1.5"-2" below, than that of where it hit Trump's ear, which was at the top of his ear.
There are a lot of Digital Cameras these days with super fast shutter speeds and exceptional resolution.
I'd bet this guy was shooting with a 24MP, at least.
Of course there are. The majority of times in bright day light to capture a moving subject, such as a person moving their arms and head, so the image doesn't blur, a photographer will typically shoot a shutter speed of 1/400 or 1/800 with an appropriate aperture setting.
And using any of the higher end settings on the camera, such a the Sony you posted, would be use in specific high speed circumstances only. It is not the amount of megapixels that matter, it is the speed setting of the shutter and aperture settings.
For all we know it's an airplane moving in the background. Besides, that supposed bullet is lower, about 1.5"-2" below, than that of where it hit Trump's ear, which was at the top of his ear.
PeoplesElbow
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Wasn't there speculation he was using subsonic rounds?
PeoplesElbow
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I'd say an outdoor event in bright light the photog would be shooting no higher than iso 400 with an f-stop set to f8 or so.Also the speed of the DSLR ISO.
Some of them are 100-100000 these days.
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Don't know, hadn't heard that, but supersonic is about 1,100 FPS. So who knows.