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Forehead
Feb-18-2006, 05:53 PM
Well, I TRIED to, anyway. It was a late January midnight hour in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida. I took my Nikon E5400 and a green laser pointer to the beach to see if I could get some funky effects while shining some waves.

Rather tricky getting a decent exposure working with 1/2-second exposure time WITHOUT a tripod, but here's one result:
Skippy
Feb-20-2006, 01:14 PM
Well, I TRIED to, anyway. It was a late January midnight hour in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida. I took my Nikon E5400 and a green laser pointer to the beach to see if I could get some funky effects while shining some waves.

Rather tricky getting a decent exposure working with 1/2-second exposure time WITHOUT a tripod, but here's one result:


Those lasers are bright aren't they.
Considering you hand held it, it worked very well indeed:thumb
Skippy (Australia)
Forehead
Feb-20-2006, 02:32 PM
The green laser pointer I used in the shot is rated less than 5MW but, as our eyes are most sensitive to green, the relative brightness runs circles around a red laser pointer of the same power rating.

I do try to find new things to do with my "toys"--glad you liked the shot!

Those lasers are bright aren't they.
Considering you hand held it, it worked very well indeed:thumb
Skippy (Australia)