Gonodactylus
Premium Member
I've been trying to capture a sharp image of the moment that a smasher (O. scyllarus) makes contact when striking a snail. When I started, I had not idea how hard this would be. The entire strke takes about 2 msec, but the duration of the contact is more like 0.1 msec. My camera fires roughly every 150 msec so even if a strike occurs during a burst of shots, the chances of catching the impact are not good. I've photographed over 100 strikes and this is the closest I've come to catching the moment. Actually it is the closest I've come after an impact. I can't tell how close I'm before the impact because the movement of the dactyl is so fleeting.
Roy
Roy