mtbkndad
Flashlight Enthusiast
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Hi Everybody,
I realize it has been over 2 years since I actually started a thread.
Life has been challenging, but I will not bore you with that.
On halloween I pulled out the VSS-3 and used it like a search light.
This year I decided to document its illumination capability.
You will quickly see it is great for lighting up targets a long ways away while keeping everything around it relatively dark.
Something else very interesting is how photos at night just cannot give perspective in terms of distance of objects being illuminated.
These shots are rather extreme for demonstrating this dynamic.
First the day shots.
The VSS-3 will be focused on the mountain behind my home.
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The The target for the light will be the bush in the red circle.
According to google maps it is about 1.75 miles away from my house.
The towers on the mountain top behind the ridge that has the target bush are 2 miles away. I could actually dimly light them but this last halloween was just too hazy to see them being lit.
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Now for the night shots.
First the wider angle shot.
It is really hard to see the end of the beam in this shot.
The slight haze did wonders for giving the beam and even more solid blue color, but as I mentioned before it hampered visibility.
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Here in the close up shot you can more clearly see the bush 1.75 miles away.
Once again if the night was clearer the bush would have been more visible.
The haze caused the beam to obstruct the very object it was trying to illuminate so I actually had to adjust the camera, I dropped from 6' to 5' so the beam would not look nearly completely solid, so the bush would show up and not just a blue line and spot.
This was a fun shoot and the VSS-3 is always a blast to operate.
Take Care and a Late Happy New Year to Everybody,
mtbkndad :wave:
I realize it has been over 2 years since I actually started a thread.
Life has been challenging, but I will not bore you with that.
On halloween I pulled out the VSS-3 and used it like a search light.
This year I decided to document its illumination capability.
You will quickly see it is great for lighting up targets a long ways away while keeping everything around it relatively dark.
Something else very interesting is how photos at night just cannot give perspective in terms of distance of objects being illuminated.
These shots are rather extreme for demonstrating this dynamic.
First the day shots.
The VSS-3 will be focused on the mountain behind my home.
---------------------
The The target for the light will be the bush in the red circle.
According to google maps it is about 1.75 miles away from my house.
The towers on the mountain top behind the ridge that has the target bush are 2 miles away. I could actually dimly light them but this last halloween was just too hazy to see them being lit.
----------------------
Now for the night shots.
First the wider angle shot.
It is really hard to see the end of the beam in this shot.
The slight haze did wonders for giving the beam and even more solid blue color, but as I mentioned before it hampered visibility.
----------------------
Here in the close up shot you can more clearly see the bush 1.75 miles away.
Once again if the night was clearer the bush would have been more visible.
The haze caused the beam to obstruct the very object it was trying to illuminate so I actually had to adjust the camera, I dropped from 6' to 5' so the beam would not look nearly completely solid, so the bush would show up and not just a blue line and spot.
This was a fun shoot and the VSS-3 is always a blast to operate.
Take Care and a Late Happy New Year to Everybody,
mtbkndad :wave:
