Slow motion taken during a Fast Draw competition

[Moose_Master]

I am in pursuit of finding how fast one can draw, #### the hammer, pull the trigger and hit the target at a given signal in the sport of Fast Draw. So I'm video recording all the contests I go and then have fun playing in my video editor making fun things.
Here is a video I made during the recent contest I've been in Watkins, CO two weeks ago and instead of editing at full speed I did the exact opposite and video in slow motion at 120 fps then I slowed down in the editor at half. So here I go with an interesting collection of shots at 240 fps of some incredible fast shots that at full speed would take as low as 0.216 seconds (216 thousand of a second) including the reaction time to the light.
I hope u'll enjoy watching as much as I enjoyed doing it. Don't forget to up the sound and the resolution of the video at maximum allowed.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hO67aT932Y8

 

[shawn]

Here you go:

[youtube]hO67aT932Y8[/youtube]

Shawn

 

[Armourall]

Cool - near the end, one of the balloons flies out of the target holder and he shoots it mid flight...... : )

 

[PatchRat]

That was really interesting! I've never watched something like that before. Quite the interesting technique to it!

 

[Moose_Master]

Thanx Shawn for the thumbnail, I tried to figure it "how to" but I gave up.

I purposely clipped few mishaps to make it funnier to watch but actually when they happen the shooter is really confused and frustrated. The judge calls the shooters with "Shooters on the line, shooters, set" and after the word "set" he release the timer button. From that moment (nobody knows when) between 2 and 5 seconds the light can come on at any time. Those seconds are so long and hands are sweating, shaking and the tension is high so when a balloon pops out of the target holder the first instinct is to draw but also the confusion is mixed with quite few other feelings and overall is not really pleasant. But for the spectators is just fun and for me was the salt and pepper for the video editing.
The gent that shot the balloon in the air is Jon "Trickshot" Wilson from California who will shoot anything that moves. He's been in a shooting show on Discovery teaching some people impossible shots and such.

Anyway for me it was fun for both: shooting and editing.

 

[Big_Bear]

Thanks Nick, great video for someone learning fast draw. I got to see a lot of different draws in many different styles - everybody seem to have their own way to do it.