Floating Pulsar laser shot

Todd Hargis · Jul 27, 2006

I have been away for a while, mostly working. I see everyone is still doing well here at the forum. Here is a shot I took last night of my 150mW pulsar laser from Wicked Lasers Using my D2h and 50mm lens. A six second exposure was done of the subject. I used a thread to suspend the laser and removed the thread in photoshop.

-Todd
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Pradipta Dutta · Jul 27, 2006

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nik0n0clast · Jul 27, 2006

What do you use that thing for? Pointing at the blackboarrd? Cool shot in any case.

Todd Hargis · Jul 28, 2006

nik0n0clast said:
What do you use that thing for? Pointing at the blackboarrd? Cool
shot in any case.

Well I just collect lasers as a hobby, especially when they are rated over 150mW like this one. The kind you get at the local store range around 2~3.5mW. This laser actually burns things!

-T-

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J_W_D · Jul 28, 2006

Todd Hargis said:
nik0n0clast said:

What do you use that thing for? Pointing at the blackboarrd? Cool
shot in any case.

Click to expand...

Well I just collect lasers as a hobby, especially when they are
rated over 150mW like this one. The kind you get at the local store
range around 2~3.5mW. This laser actually burns things!

-T-

Like retinas...
Just be careful.
You won't feel a thing.

Fotomat · Jul 28, 2006

Todd Hargis said:
Well I just collect lasers as a hobby, especially when they are
rated over 150mW like this one. The kind you get at the local store
range around 2~3.5mW. This laser actually burns things!

Can you get any other color besides red?

Fotomat

Flashlight · Jul 28, 2006

Todd Hargis said:
Well I just collect lasers as a hobby, especially when they are
rated over 150mW like this one. The kind you get at the local store
range around 2~3.5mW. This laser actually burns things!

And that without batteries!

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Robear · Jul 28, 2006

That's pretty amazing how you captured the perfect beam with a 6 second exposure without any visible particulates in the air. ;0)
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Todd Hargis · Jul 28, 2006

Fotomat said:
Todd Hargis said:

Well I just collect lasers as a hobby, especially when they are
rated over 150mW like this one. The kind you get at the local store
range around 2~3.5mW. This laser actually burns things!

Click to expand...

Can you get any other color besides red?

Yes there are other colors! http://wickedlasers.com/

Fotomat said:
Fotomat

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Todd Hargis · Jul 28, 2006

Robear said:
That's pretty amazing how you captured the perfect beam with a 6
second exposure without any visible particulates in the air. ;0)
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You can take my picture, but you can't take my camera.

Well actually the beam is visible because of the particles in the air passing through it, in this case candle smoke.

Todd

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Jesper Rud · Jul 29, 2006

Nice photo..

You should remove the tape covering the on/off button aswell

Nice setup though..

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Robear · Jul 29, 2006

I figured that was just a photoshopped in beam effect. In that case, I am truly impressed. Neat effect. I figured the candle smoke would have given the beam a less even distribution appearance, and you would have had an interference pattern visible, even with the long-ish exposure.

Neat-o.

-R
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Kerry Pierce · Jul 29, 2006

Impressive photo. Thanks for detailing how you did the shot.

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