[VXAce]

How do you guys get such good shots of screens? The shots I usually take of screens suck.

 

[ibob4tacoz]

  How do you guys get such good shots of screens? The shots I usually take of screens suck.

Elaborate.

 

[BillsonChang007]

The stack supported by someone's calculator. :tongue_smile:
What's the player you are using?

I am using Tidal hifi.

I set my screen to very bright and I try to avoid reflections in order to take picture of the screen. And I put my object in a darker environment so that the camera can better focus (or at least, my camera).

 

[Redcarmoose]

 

[VXAce]

I am using Tidal hifi.

I set my screen to very bright and I try to avoid reflections in order to take picture of the screen. And I put my object in a darker environment so that the camera can better focus (or at least, my camera).

Hmhm, I'm more surprised at the angle that it was shot at, esp. @ibob4tacoz's photo. I will try that when I get the chance to though.

 

[ibob4tacoz]

  Hmhm, I'm more surprised at the angle that it was shot at, esp. @ibob4tacoz's photo. I will try that when I get the chance to though.

I had a screen protector/skin, so that probably was helping glare.

 

[ProtegeManiac]

  How do you guys get such good shots of screens? The shots I usually take of screens suck.

 
I use a CPL filter with the screen at lower power output, but don't set it on max or it will block out the entire screen.

 

[BillsonChang007]

Hmhm, I'm more surprised at the angle that it was shot at, esp. @ibob4tacoz's photo. I will try that when I get the chance to though.

Indeed his angle is very impressive!

Question: does anyone of you edit the photos you have taken or keep it original? I keep it original myself as I find that editing make things "not real" or artificial. One of my friend, who claim himself a photographer thought me bunch of things about editing photo but I don't get the idea of it. Sorry

 

[ibob4tacoz]

Indeed his angle is very impressive!

Question: does anyone of you edit the photos you have taken or keep it original? I keep it original myself as I find that editing make things "not real" or artificial. One of my friend, who claim himself a photographer thought me bunch of things about editing photo but I don't get the idea of it. Sorry

Yeah, I don't do much editing, especially on that pic. I only sharpened it up a little bit.

 

[ProtegeManiac]

My shots from the 2014 November HiFi show at Dusit Thani in Makati (Metro Manila, Philippines). All hand-held, no tripod, ISO800 to ISO1600 on an Olympus E-P2+Panasonic 14/2.5 (A/C makes noise and smearing a lot less of a problem).
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[jc9394]

Big Brown just delivered my early Christmas gift.
 

 

 

[VXAce]

   
I use a CPL filter with the screen at lower power output, but don't set it on max or it will block out the entire screen.

Ahh, that makes sense, if I ever get a filter, I will try that.
 

Indeed his angle is very impressive!

Question: does anyone of you edit the photos you have taken or keep it original? I keep it original myself as I find that editing make things "not real" or artificial. One of my friend, who claim himself a photographer thought me bunch of things about editing photo but I don't get the idea of it. Sorry

Most of the editing I do is with raw, changing colour temperature and exposure. Making a quick shot look a little better. Occasioanlly I'll make something black and white and use color to draw out a specific part. But usually.. takes too much effort to care. Oh, and blurring out serial numbers or identification. 
 
I dislike highly edited photos, if a picture sucks, it sucks. Used to shooting film too, where editing is really limited.

 

[Redcarmoose]

Ahh, that makes sense, if I ever get a filter, I will try that.

Most of the editing I do is with raw, changing colour temperature and exposure. Making a quick shot look a little better. Occasioanlly I'll make something black and white and use color to draw out a specific part. But usually.. takes too much effort to care. Oh, and blurring out serial numbers or identification. 

I dislike highly edited photos, if a picture sucks, it sucks. Used to shooting film too, where editing is really limited.

Wow, I used to spend hours in the darkroom dogging and burning. Adams used whole teams to manipulate his prints and they are regarded as some of mankinds best photographs?

 

[BillsonChang007]

Ahh, that makes sense, if I ever get a filter, I will try that.

Most of the editing I do is with raw, changing colour temperature and exposure. Making a quick shot look a little better. Occasioanlly I'll make something black and white and use color to draw out a specific part. But usually.. takes too much effort to care. Oh, and blurring out serial numbers or identification. 

I dislike highly edited photos, if a picture sucks, it sucks. Used to shooting film too, where editing is really limited.

Yeap, simple filtering is sometimes fun although I would prefer to use my camera's monochrome mode when taking some of the pictures. I do use blurring sometimes for the same reason as you.
+1 to your last paragraph!

PS: what program do you use for "make something black and white color to draw out a specific part"? My friend's recommended program is kind of complicating to use. I forgot the name thought.

 

[VXAce]

PS: what program do you use for "make something black and white color to draw out a specific part"? My friend's recommended program is kind of complicating to use. I forgot the name thought.

Photoshop or GIMP, I tend to use Photoshop now, raw for GIMP is borked and really hard to understand. I tend to do the long way around, making a layer to turn the photo black and white, then layer masks to figure out where I want color. I'm sure there is an easier way to do it.
 
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Wow, I used to spend hours in the darkroom dogging and burning.

Ahh the sweet smell of success when you just spent a few bucks of paper to get the perfect print. Or realize it's probably hopeless.