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DPSS Hillside

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I'm with family for Canadian thanksgiving and they have a great hill 500 meters away for beaming in the back yard.

I would've included my yellows, but the beams didn't show up on them.

I did not have a tripod, so keeping the lasers still and the camera still was a challenge. The camera used was my friends D5000, the best camera I have ever used for capturing beams. I have used Cannon and Sony DSLR's before, but for some reason they don't capture the true beauty of the beams.

Laser used are 300mW 532nm and 100mW 473nm, both PGL style :)

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532nm

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473nm still warming up

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Side by side. The beams look like they are focused, but that was just a trick of the camera.

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Different view

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From behind

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View from the top of the hill.

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BEAMS! :D

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Spot on the side of the mountain. This was the best my friends could take because I was holding the laser so wobbly. Divergence is .6mrad on both the 532nm and 473nm! :yh:

Here's the full-res album
High Resolution DPSS hillside. - Imgur

:thanks: for looking
 





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Oh wow, this is something I need to try myself! I second the above, just awesome.
 
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Great pics! The colour of the 473 really is fantastic...I think Im going to have to make an investment! ;) :beer:
 

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Thanks for making the photo's. They are very good ! The beams are very visible at 500 meter.
 

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Thanks :)

I hope I can do this with a mountain sometime, with the camera at the base. It would be amazing to see beams shining down from a mountain top :)
 

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:drool: WOW these pics are awesome... especially the second with the 473nm ;)
 

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Thanks :D I'm really enjoying the 473nm, it's such a beautiful color. :)
 
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Props man nice pictures... Really love that first one. Any special camera settings you used?
 

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Props man nice pictures... Really love that first one. Any special camera settings you used?

Probably, but I don't remember. My friend took most of those (except for the blurry one, that one was mine! :D) I usually just press all the buttons until the pictures start to look good.
 




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