photos by Gjon milli
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I've heard that Life Magazine had a lot more Mili pictures in their archives.
As for the balls, I suspect that someone used the equivalent of a Sharpie on them.
The Gjon Mili pictures inspired Professor A.D. Moore of the University of Michigan to do an analysis of Willie Hoppe's stroke. Some of his conclusions were based on the assumption that the strobe light was a constant frequency -- Mili actually slowed the light as the ball came to rest so the images would be more evenly spaced. Other parts of Moore's analysis are pretty interesting. It has been passed around for years as copies of copies of old-style photocopies.
As for the balls, I suspect that someone used the equivalent of a Sharpie on them.
The Gjon Mili pictures inspired Professor A.D. Moore of the University of Michigan to do an analysis of Willie Hoppe's stroke. Some of his conclusions were based on the assumption that the strobe light was a constant frequency -- Mili actually slowed the light as the ball came to rest so the images would be more evenly spaced. Other parts of Moore's analysis are pretty interesting. It has been passed around for years as copies of copies of old-style photocopies.
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Strobe light? I thought slow ball speed=less travel,so balls in the picture
are closer together.Faster ball speed=more travel,so balls are futher apart.
This based on the assumption that picture represents multiple exposures?
Another ? regarding photo cue ball appears to go under the rail?
are closer together.Faster ball speed=more travel,so balls are futher apart.
This based on the assumption that picture represents multiple exposures?
Another ? regarding photo cue ball appears to go under the rail?
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Yes, in general, if the images of successive balls are closer together it means that the ball is going slower, but evidently the difference in inter-flash distances was too large to make a good photo. You need a very fast flash at the start to be able to "connect the dots" when the ball is moving very fast and that same speed of flash would wash out the picture if used clear to the end of the shot. The last segment of most carom shots takes the majority of the shot time if the ball has to travel most of the length of the table.
I don't think the ball goes under the cushion. I assume you are talking about the third cushion in the photo of the 5-cushion lag shot on page 72 (of the book "Billiards As It Should Be Played"). I suspect it is just a shadow from the strobe light which is to the left of the table.