TIP: Taking a GOOD Looking LED/LCD Picture

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... this entire post has been edited for clarity and a NEW image

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[size=1.25em]The Challenge[/size]

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{LMAO} Actually it links to my NEW site and what's here is echoed there

During creation of that 'elusive' great looking photo we ALL crave (but NEVER quite get) I would often find the challenge before me was the need to find or create a 'technique' that could and would deliver a pleasing image which looked the most natural and realistic.

Specifically if the subject of that creation showed an 'LCD/LED Display' within our work! The issue with respect to a perfectly 'exposed' image and getting that perfectly exposed image was either the LCD/LED exposure came out looking bad (over or under exposed) or when teh opposite held true we would get a perfectly exposed and good looking LCD/LED Display but the overall shot would now look somewhat lacking, could even be said the image is 'FAIL'

The 'TIP' or if preferred 'post' offered here will be about creating a better looking photograph when an LCD/LED Display falls somewhere within the picture or maybe it's the actual subject of the picture. At minimum it's about creating a better looking photo of a LCD/LED Display Screen.

e.g: The following shot (Fig 1) shows an average looking photograph but the LCD Display of my Oscilloscope didn't look great and the shot certainly should have and could have looked much better

Adding to my list of excuses this picture (Fig 1) also demos two other LCD Displays where I succeeded at getting to look good, if not great. This is no mystery to myself because to view one required ambient light thus it was easy photographing it to look acceptable, with the other I simply got 'lucky'. However getting the Scope's Display to also look good alongside the others due to being 'Back-lighted' was to say at best "problematic" given what I knew at the time. It's one thing knowing of a "problem" but another entirely without the required knowledge to FIX said issues!

But that was then and this is now ...

        [size=0.7em](Fig 1) a 'Fugly' [/size]          [size=0.7em](Fig 2) 2 x 60 LED Spot-lights[/size]


What I have discovered during my efforts to get an 'elusive' ideal shot of any LCD/LED Display, I need the intensity of the light illuminating the subject to match that of the light of the LEDS output therefore I need 'balance' ...  In order to get what I'm calling 'balance' I use 'Spot-lights' (Fig 2) which allows me to control the light output with a 'Dimmer' but what others might use for an optimal result is entirely optional. The thing to remember is "any light used is certainly better than none!"

Adjusting the 'Spot-lights (Fig 2) so the light hitting the subject now matches that of the LCD light output we now have a light 'balanced' photo. I have a good looking shot of an LCD Display Screen which the following picture (Fig 3) should show

Note: To adjust the intensity of light upon a subject if the light output is not adjustable (no 'Dimmer') then our alternative would be to simply to move the lights closer or further away from the subject being photographed. This approach for most people is probably more practical of the two options presented here

      'Click' for full 'res' viewing ...

     
      [size=0.7em](Fig 3) Oscilloscope and it's 'LCD Display' screen. Clearly a much better image than any previously created but still not perfect![/size][size=small]


      AND I REALLY DO LIKE THIS NEXT IMAGE
      Look's like it's got 'ART' or some such 'Masuga' but for what it's worth, my 'opinion' don't count for beans!


     
      [/size][size=0.7em](Fig 4) Sound Level Meter (WiKi), JTS-1375
      Screens that require ambient lighting to view are easy to photograph[/size][size=small]


     
      [/size][size=0.7em]  (Fig 5) NEXXTECH (Radio Shack) Multi-meter
      'Technique' now mastered. Well, WELL at the least on the way to being mastered [/size]


     
      [size=0.7em](Fig  6) [/size][size=0.7em]My [/size][size=0.7em]AOYUE Int2900, Soldering Station, Variable Temperature, 70W - Digital[/size]


     
      [size=0.7em](Fig  7) [/size][size=0.7em]Hyperion [/size][size=0.7em]EOS0606i, AC / DC Battery Charger [/size]

       
     
      [size=0.7em](Fig 8 ) Hyperion [/size][size=0.7em]EOS0606i, [/size][size=0.7em]AC / DC [/size][size=0.7em]Battery Charger[/size]

   
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On a absolutely unrelated topic for our enjoyment of, just wanted show-off my OLD camera!
... It was interesting to discover this camera is approximately the same age as myself, hehe  8)

      [size=1.2em]Flexaret IIIa[/size][size=small]
      (1951–1956), Twin Lens Reflex (TLR)

     

      Shutter: Prontor-S (B, T, 1–1/300s) synchronized shutter.
      Viewing Lens: Anastigmat 80mm 1:3.0.
      Picture Taking Lens: Meopte Mira II F80mm 1: 3.5 to F22

      Manufactures History: Meopte, a Time-line
      More Information at: Camerapedia

      'Flexaret' at my Website: / ... /my-old-tlr-flexaret-iiia.html




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Sorry for the BUMP
... just wanted to say the POST has been EDITED for CLARITY and of course we have added a NEW picture, see 'Fig 5'

And as for being more clear ?
... can't really SAY
... except to say ...
... Meh, "I really do TRY my BEST" 

Thanks Again
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Again more pictures added, see Fig 6, Fig 7 and Fig 8 

... All with LCD {edited from 'LED', hehe} screens ... http://southernoregonrc.com/index.php?topic=1724.msg11388#msg11388



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wOOd - I keep looking at these pics and scratching my head.  Don't you mean "LCD" not "LED"?

...Tiger

LOL, no need to be scratching your head, nope can't have that. The 'TIP' itself is for LCD/LED like with the O-Scope or at a minimum any 'display' that outputs it's own light ... As said in the OP, LCD's that don't have their own lighting do not need help, making those easy or easier to photograph. But with my last post or for the added pictures you are correct, I should have said "LCD" and have fixed the offending post

EDIT: Whoops, have fixed my other Do'h moments! You we're absolutely right Tiger and I have NO excuse


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LMAO, speaking of ERRORS, so HOW is the device in this next photo 'powered' !?!
Should call this photo "When is Photoshop cheating?"
... http://i823.photobucket.com/albums/zz158/pwoodyp/Tools/AOYUEInt2900_01.png 

The way it came out of the camera minus any 'resizing' 
... http://i823.photobucket.com/albums/zz158/pwoodyp/Tools/likeshot.png
... DULL, boring and lifeless, right!

Actually in the dayz of 'FILM' the dayz before 'digital' we would have to (for good looking picture) spend time dusting and polishing an item by hand. Really I still should have polished by hand but when we look at what I posted this (cleaning and polishing) is basically what I had done in my Photo-editor ...

... I cloned out ALL the 'DUST' and give the picture a wee bit of a 'spit'n shine' albeit a 'virtual' shine. hehe this is ALL I really DO to ALL those and many of my photos, after getting the 'lighting' dialed in I would go for my 'spit'n shine' look

Also notice the Up/Down buttons coming away from the Unit a tiny bit. LOL, I even had to press it back in place just before taking the picture as the top kept coming away, and at one time it just about fell off completely ... Yup I need a permanent FIX for that!

NOW this would be the 'added-value' part of our SHOW. The part where the 'mechanic' in me show's everyone how to FIX something. This time I'm showing everyone how I keep that stupid 'Switch' from coming away from where it's supposed to be

---> The FIX <--- "A little dab'll do ya - Bryl-creem" acually it's "spray" but who's looking  LOL


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EDIT: BUT, now after the FIX I couldn't resist the 'MORE' temptation


     

          [size=0.9em]The "After the Spit'n shine, shine" or simply the "MAXIMUM Shine", LOL"Semantics"[/size]
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