Beamshot Pic Idea

Phaetos

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Being new to the flashaholism, I had a "bright" idea last night. Couldn't avoid the pun, sorry. In reviews a beam shot is usually given to indicate the amount of hotpot and spill coverage. My wife put our goldfish into a regular sized 10 gallon aquarium over the weekend and I realized they needed some light. So I took one of my little 8 LED lights over to it and stuck it up next to the glass. :twothumbs Looks great, like sunshine at the bottom of clear water. The point in though, I could clearly see the beam in the water. The focused hotspot in the center and the amount of spill coverage. I will take some pics tonight to give you an idea of what I mean. I was thinking that using a clear bowl or small aquarium would be a good addition of shots for the reviews. Probably not as a fantastic idea as the guy who did the stairwell idea, but worthy still I think of consideration.
 

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Dorcy Metal Gear 1W


Garrity 8 LED 3xAAA

River Rock 1xAAA


MagLED 3W 2xC - Focused


MagLED 3W 2xC - Flood


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Cool pics. I like seeing the angle of how much light is coming out. I wonder how something all flood like a McGizmo mule would look.
 

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They actually turned out better than I hoped. The poor goldfish weren't sure to make of all the light, but they'll get over it. :rolleyes: Any other thoughts from people?
 

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Hey I think that's pretty neat Phaetos! :crackup: I think that kind of shots would be useful if we wanna know whether a light has more throw of flood. Most of the time to check out a light's hotspot or spillbeam we place the lights on the floor and shine them at a wall, but the lightbeam is blocked by the floor. I think here we can see the full beam. :)
 

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you could also spray smoke detector test smoke in the air, let it settle a bit then fire the lights up. It clearly shows the beam pattern.
 

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Neat idea, but try that with a Mag623 and after a few seconds you'll have boiled the fish.
 

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This is a great idea! In the pic for the M@g [wide beam] you can see the thin beam of bright light that makes the donut.

Are you holding the light up to the side glass, or just above the water pointing down?
 

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Neat idea, but try that with a Mag623 and after a few seconds you'll have boiled the fish.


I would assume to not use a tank that was populated for high output lights. It was handy at the time and made for a neat distraction when I was bored :popcorn:
 

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This is a great idea! In the pic for the M@g [wide beam] you can see the thin beam of bright light that makes the donut.

Are you holding the light up to the side glass, or just above the water pointing down?

I had my wife hold the light directly to the side just below water level. There is an air pump in the tank, so the water was moving a bit, possibly distorting the beam a bit. If I can find another tank to use just for beamshots, that would be ideal to have still water and not fish gunk in it.
 

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Great idea !!!

But some people just don't need water:

Remember.. There was no fogggy or hazy air inbetween, it was a clean evening with 40+miles visibillity..

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Shot at 2007-01-27


Regards,


Ra
 

zespectre

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I've been known to wait for a foggy evening and then go to town with the beamshots.

A steamed up bathroom (hot shower) can work too. :naughty:
 

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Ra

let me guess, you pulled out your short arc and and a tripod for that shot didn't you :grin2:
:kewlpics:

A steamed up bathroom (hot shower) can work too. :naughty:

its nearly impossible to keep water from condensing on the lens though....I've tried warming up the camera...but by the time I was ready to shoot the steam pretty much dissipated
 

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Ra

let me guess, you pulled out your short arc and and a tripod for that shot didn't you :grin2:
:kewlpics:


Guess I'm busted.. But: I didn't use a tripod ! I used the roof of my car..


Ohh, and Phaetos: Yep !! Couldn't resist !

Regards,

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Yes the fish tank idea is good - I have seen it used before on here as well in another thread (cant find it at the moment!)
 

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Honey, we're having fish for dinner... again.. my Maxablaster-fish-tank-beamshots-session took a little longer than I thought... :oops:


Regards,

Ra.
 
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