488nm - A couple of setups

[LewDude]

It's been such a long week...not a lot of time to play - found 30 mins last night and tried some stuff out.

These are all with a single 488nm Sharp diode.
I used a 'diamond' shaped prism, diffraction grating, and a few mirrors.

Enjoy

IMAG2849 by Lewie Wilkinson, on Flickr

IMAG2859 by Lewie Wilkinson, on Flickr

IMAG2864 by Lewie Wilkinson, on Flickr

IMAG2876 by Lewie Wilkinson, on Flickr
IMAG2872 by Lewie Wilkinson, on Flickr

IMAG2865 by Lewie Wilkinson, on Flickr

IMAG2867 by Lewie Wilkinson, on Flickr

Little Video :

 

[NightExplorer96]

Those are amazing shots LewDude! :beer:

-Alex

 

[diachi]

Awesome pictures! :beer:

 

[Gazen]

Nice pictures, love the prism shots and 488 is awesome.

 

[paul1598419]

Yeah, you got to love a laser and a few diffraction gratings. Add a mirror or two and you have beams all over the place.

 

[brucemir]

Hey Lew,
More great pics. I think 488 is the new 473!

 

[BowtieGuy]

More good stuff, Lew, a good way to start a friday!

I agree, Bruce, I think these new 488nm - 495nm diodes are the new 473's, and IMO, they're even nicer looking! :yh:

 

[brucemir]

Hey Bowtie,
I agree, they make the 473nm look like a "normal" blue

 

[millirad]

Crazy awesome LewDude! That's very creative. 2 thumbs way up.

 

[LewDude]

Again - thank you everyone for the kind words

When I set this up a few days ago, I really wanted to focus on the the reflected beams coming out of the mirror, not so much the ones just passing straight through the "tunnel" or going completely around the "tunnel". I wanted a bunch of criss-crossing beams. I set up another "tunnel" tonight, and attempted to use a quarter to block the beams passing straight through...not super happy with the results, but had fun and got some other shots while I was at it

Also - put a small 'dot' of tape in the middle of the diffraction grating and got a neat pattern I'll share:

IMAG2902 by Lewie Wilkinson, on Flickr
IMAG2903 by Lewie Wilkinson, on Flickr
IMAG2904 by Lewie Wilkinson, on Flickr

Pretty neat...onto the quarter-created eclipse (using diffraction grating w/o the small dot of tape for more solid beams):

IMAG2912 by Lewie Wilkinson, on Flickr

Not exactly what I wanted...so removed the quarter and just shot the beams into the "tunnel" at an angle. Check out some of the "infinite mirror" shots when the camera is pointed almost straight down (perpendicular to the length of the "tunnel"):

IMAG2915 by Lewie Wilkinson, on Flickr

It's galactic!! Click for higher res!

IMAG2924 by Lewie Wilkinson, on Flickr

IMAG2918 by Lewie Wilkinson, on Flickr

IMAG2926 by Lewie Wilkinson, on Flickr

IMAG2931 by Lewie Wilkinson, on Flickr

Pulled out a 445 and 505 for the home-stretch...

IMAG2942 by Lewie Wilkinson, on Flickr

IMAG2947 by Lewie Wilkinson, on Flickr

IMAG2976 by Lewie Wilkinson, on Flickr

IMAG2972 by Lewie Wilkinson, on Flickr

IMAG2967 by Lewie Wilkinson, on Flickr

IMAG2974 by Lewie Wilkinson, on Flickr

 

[brucemir]

Hi Lew, it is nice to visualize something in your mind and make it happen, Great work.

 

[CurtisOliver]

Very nice work LewDude. Some real lovely pics there. Good job. :beer: