Single beam night session (PL-E PRO 532nm 800mW)

[Shakenawake]

It's true gismo. I can't hit that rep button often enough

 

[BowtieGuy]

I'm sure Gray/Jetlasers approve of this thread. As Hak said, J/L owners are the best reps, and you are right at the top with these great photos!

Just when I thought you gave us your best, you come back with that last one, sweet!

 

[gismo]

WBS & Shakenawake: You're way too kind, gentlemen.
The orange glow reed-lake shot was nearly fully untouched by Photoshop, no extra filters or colours applied, but exposure increased with slight contrast & noise adjustments as well.

Green beam cutting through the orange cloud-sky halfway up.

That's it, I'm out of pic ammo from that session now

 

[IsaacT]

What lens did you use for these? You mentioned it wasn't your 105mm Macro but I don't think you ever mentioned which one it was

 

[gismo]

BowtieGuy: Well, if Gray liked them pics, I'd be happy enough, alright. Say a thankful customer returning many, many favours.

WBS: That's correct, Isaac. Should have mentioned this in the OP above. The lens I've used for the landscape, but also portrait shots during that evening/night was the Sigma 18-35mm f/1.8 EX DC Art, a truly remarkable piece, I must admit. Have used it for night sky shots as well and seems to be a very decent performer in that area, too. There's only one little culprit: it doesn't belong to me and in fact is not in my possession as I type this, but it's from a good friend who got me into photography (and the one I bought D5200 from). I'm planning to save some bucks to grab it, eventually.

 

[trencheel303]

Nice pics. I will be getting hold of a beam expander soon as a phat beam of 445 would look ace and stop me burning holes in things accidentally :wave:

Also, I assume you didn't mean f/1.8 in your post above, but 2.8? :na:

 

[IsaacT]

Trencheel: the Sigma 18-35 is indeed an f/1.8. Probably why it costs a cool 800 dollars.

 

[trencheel303]

F me, a 1.8 zoom? Not often you see that.

EDIT: just checked up on it. While cool, it's not the feat of wizardry I initially assumed - it's a crop lens, not full frame. Still well cool though.

 

[gismo]

trencheel303: Although it's crop lens, there isn't a comparison in the full-frame class up to this date at such a impressively low aperture size in the wide zoom range. The lens worked absolutely amazing (from my amateur's point of view, indeed), it received many words of praise by the ones who own it, which I can confirm during the one week time it happened to be in my hands. But as WBS wrote, it is anything, but a cheap piece of glass... a long-term money saving (or rather chasing) journey has just begun.

 

[trencheel303]

I had a Sigma once, the 10-20 f4-5.6. My favourite lens I have ever owned. Really good performer, such a solid build and the focus/zoom rings felt better than Canon 17-40L. Still miss that thing.

 

[moose392]

weirdmeister, BowtieGuy, hakzaw1: kind words appreciated, guys. Jetlasers laser products definitely deserve the right attention, hopefully Gray approves this very thread as well:beer:.

Dedicated to jetlasers/Gray & his team. The green lantern.

Do you have a full resolution copy of the picture with the reeds? It would be a very nice wallpaper.