Michael Currie, Flash in the dark (ART & CONCEPTUAL 2024)

A half a second exposure reveals the flash of hot gases and twisting paths of the burning propellant into the night sky of a round that is traveling at hundreds of meters per second. A counter intuitive approach, by slowing the camera down you can capture the movement, intensity and beauty as Australian Army soldiers train for nighttime mortar missions, firing illumination rounds on a freezing cold night at Puckapunyal in May 2024.

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