Drill Impact
by JMart

Comment by Linc:
Good Idea! Might try that with my lathe and catch some chips flying. Great job with the lighting too.

Scroll blended with coin (RGB included)
by JMart

Comment by geoffb:
Very cool look. The edges are quite defined compared to the original image, so I'm guessing you sharpened a fair bit.

Nice!

Scroll blended with coin (RGB included)
by JMart

Comment by cpanaioti:
Wonderful effect.

Drill Impact
by JMart

Comment by agrimace:
Interesting perspective.

Shells & Stars
by JMart

Comment by Linc:
Wow! I will have to give this a try too.

Drill at 1500 rpm
by JMart

Comment by one2one:
This is still a good action shot with great detail of the wood chips/shavings.

Color Tine - a silverware nightmare
by JMart

Comment by codys:
Great idea. I think I would like to see it with a little broader dof. Nice work

Drill Impact
by JMart

Comment by JMart:

Originally posted by hajeka: Please continue with the experiments. It's so nice and sharp. Just wondering at what speed you made this photo. Did you use a flash?

For this shot the drill bit was going at a slow 500rpm and the SB-600 flash was at 1/16 power. I believe the shutter was around 1/20 with the aperature at 22 (any less was just too shallow DOF) but I didn't pay much attention to the shutter since the flash was freezing the motion.

I tried a few with the drill going 1500 rpm, but it was too difficult to catch the first moment hitting the wood. Although, the faster speeds did result in more shavings flying around. Here's the drill at 1500 rpm:

Drill Impact
by JMart

Comment by hajeka:
Please continue with the experiments. It's so nice and sharp. Just wondering at what speed you made this photo. Did you use a flash?

Drill Impact
by JMart

Comment by bjoern:
I like the detail - good job!