A few weeks ago, we made an article on how to capture motion in photography. If you recall, one technique we cited was "freezing the motion" where you'll make it seem as if the action was paused when you took the picture. An example would be a car about to crash at stand-still, or a basketball player doing a slam dunk.

If you still have no idea as to what I'm saying here, just take a look at some pictures taken by photographer extraordinaire Andrew Davidhazy, that might prove to be better examples of "frozen motion." The first batch are objects about to explode. From left to right are a lemon, an orange, and an egg.

The next batch are black and white photos of water falling from a glass:

The next batch of pictures are candle flames seen from a "schlieren-perspective:"