Enchanted Beams Thread

[ArcticDude]

Please, try not to leave verbal comments of photos on the thread (You can add your comment +Rep)

Only pictorial replies allowed (You can add short description of your images, not mandatory).

I would love to see More Artistic & Quality Indoor / Outdoor Beam Shots in this thread (especially brucemir and few others).
Hopefully no blurry or poor quality photos here.

Thank you!

 

[ElectricPlasma]

I'm no professional, but here's my go. My outside shots might need a little work

Aside from size reduction, the images above have not been modified/edited in any way

 

[ArcticDude]

NUBM07E

 

[Lifetime17]

hi
really nice pics and the colors are on spot and so clear , what is your camera set to and what kind is it ??? Very good buddy i like to pic were the beam transitions at the lens thats cool asa setting which one ?? +Rep for some great beam shots..

Rich

 

[trencheel303]

^^that looks like an argon -- it's not!!

Great idea for a thread. Although my intense interest in lasers has passed, like most of the hobbies I pick up, it will never completely go away. I don't tend to invest much time in photography anymore but I still enjoy lasers and love looking back at old pics.

One thing I really learned is how to cleverly position certain lower power lasers along with higher power ones so the beams look roughly equally exposed in one picture.

Edit: I'll add this final pic as is probably the best one I got of 594 and 589 together.

Edit 2: found a better one that actually shows what my 594 was capable of when it was behaving:

 

[diachi]

Nice pictures everyone!

I really like the way some of yours turned out Trencheel - reminds me of some old beam shot from the 70s for some reason. This comes to mind:

 

[trencheel303]

That's because I used film some of the time. It gives the red beams that sort of saturated tron look.

face painting with a laser. eyes firmly closed lol.

 

[brucemir]

Here are some by me.

 

[diachi]

That's because I used film some of the time. It gives the red beams that sort of saturated tron look.


face painting with a laser. eyes firmly closed lol.

I thought it looked like film, but there's so few people that use film these days that I just automatically assume it's taken with a digital camera using a "filter" - as in the digital sense of the word.

I like that effect! I've seen a few folk doing that - including one artist that did a similar set with his naked wife/girlfriend. Turned out pretty cool.

Brucemir - loving those last two outdoor shots.

 

[ArcticDude]

Pictures from last night. Phat beam effect is made by blowing e-cig smoke to the beam while long exposure.
NUBM07E + Sanwu X3, Osram PLP520 B1

 

[ArcticDude]

Stunning Beam Shots guys!!
Pls, keep 'em coming!! :beer:

Osram PLP520 B1, M462 1.7W

 

[RB astro]

Great thread Arctic !
Awesome shots everyone.
I know I've posted this one before and I need to take some new shots soon but here's one I took outback around the dam.

RB

 

[trencheel303]

that's really good . this is an excellent idea of a thread, I will probably never create another thread again ...

I cracked out the lasers tonight - my four colours that remain - and did my first photo session in probably over a year. I've lost my edge a bit, but I did what I could, pre- and post and here is what I got.

right on the money

pulled this off with a spoon!

took to the hallway ... I like this style of shot. simple but visually pleasing.

outside

and again.


I have no tripod and haven't had for some time, so I had to get really inventive to get these. I get by without a tripod for most of my other photography needs, as I have very fast lenses which even work well at night. Lasers are a whole other ball game and I'd forgotten how hard they were to photograph successfully.

The good news is I probably won't sell off any more of my lasers - 589 is too good to let go of and the others have sentimental connections - so I will have plenty of time to get to grips with it all again.

 

[ArcticDude]

 

[ArcticDude]

 

[ArcticDude]

Shots from last night. NUBM07E + Sanwu X3. There is cool ZAP effect in second picture, a moth was Beamed to next astral level.

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