A variety of beam shots at 2-sec exposure

[KingGlamis]

Someone else posted pics of LED lights on a shed at a 2-second exposure. Knowing photography like I do, a 2-second exposure is kind of "cheating" but at the same time I know why he did it, because it produces good results at a distance. So just for fun I put my camera on "Night Exposure" which is approximately a 2-second exposure, and took beam shots of several different lights. I took beam shots at different targets. The first a very tall palm tree that my neighbor has. The second the tree in my front yard, at a distance of about 20 feet.
First up, palm tree:

Reference pic, no flashlight. You can see that my area has tons of misc. light.

And this pic is the green LEDs of my Streamlight TT-2L.

And this is my Streamlight TT-2L on incan mode.

Many more pics to come, these are just the start...

 

[KingGlamis]

This is my Aspheric Mag 4D on wide focus.

This is the Aspheric Mag on spot focus.

This is the cheapo 1.5 Million candle power spotlight.

 

[KingGlamis]

More pics.

This is my cheapo 32 LED light.

This is one of my DeWalt 18V work lights. Not bad if you ask me.

And this is my Super Fire WF501D. Can't argue with the fact that this pocket light is incredibly bright!

 

[KingGlamis]

Second beam shot location, a close tree...

First one is a reference shot.

Green LEDs...

TT2L Incan shot.

Aspheric Mag wide focus.

Aspheric Mag spot focus.

1.5 million CP spot light.

DeWalt 18V work light.

Super Fire WF501D.

 

[BGater]

WW beamshots are ok, but real world shots like these are the Bees Knees and tell the true story. Thanks for posting them.

I just bought a Canon S3IS and have yet to take the time and learn how to properly set it up to take shots. I posted a few with it but used the night time option and bumped it down -2 . If I didnt do that it seemed like wall shots would "over drive" the camera and you couldnt see the hotspot. I need to read through the book, then toss it and have someone show me. :laughing:

 

[KingGlamis]

Here are some more that I shot last night.

Reference shot.

Green LEDs.

Streamlight TT2L.

Aspheric Mag wide focus.

Aspheric Mag spot focus.

32 LED 2D light.

1.5 MC spot light.

SuperFire WF501-D.

 

[Gunner12]

Great beam-shots, shows how a light will look in real life:twothumbs

 

[KingGlamis]

OK... more beam shots from tonight. I do this mainly because it is fun, not trying to prove anything. These are shots at my neighbor's tree, about 50 feet from the camera and lights.

First up is a reference shot. As you can see, with the cloud cover there is lots of ambient light around.

This is the Aspheric Mag on spot focus.

The Aspheric Mag on medium focus.

The Aspheric Mag on wide focus.

This is my Streamlight Twin Task 2-L with the green LEDs.

And the same 2-L on incan mode.

This is my DeWalt 18V work light.

The cheapo 1.5 Million candle power spot light.

My 32 LED cheapo light.

And finally, the winner by far, my Super Fire WF501D. This thing continues to impress me. A light that I EDC beats the 18V work light that is huge. And it beats it by quite a bit. Take a look...

I sure hope more people start doing outdoor shots, as I'm getting tired of looking at a circle of light on a white wall. :twothumbs