Lesson 6

[bonsai418]

This is going to be a hard lesson for me, been trying to take a picture of my TV. Not doing so well:confused:
On the other hand (under same lighting condition) picture of "my sleeping baby" turned out ok.
What is it that I am doing wrong ???

[windrider86]

it looks to me that your white balance needs to be adjusted

[bonsai418]

@Windrider86,
Here with auto white balance, same lousy outcome.
Either I am doing something else wrong, or could it be because a DLP TV (Some LCD TV also) is capable to adjust its light to the room ?
I use a 37” LCD TV as a monitor, pic's come out ok.

[jerryph]

If you manually set the white balance, the results will turn out better. :)
A little extra info about white balance:

http://jerryphpics.blogspot.com/2008/03/1-white-balance.html

[bonsai418]

@Jerry,
Thank you for the link.
But my dilemma is, not being able to get a sharp picture of what I am seeing on TV (not what is around the TV).
I'm taking these pictures at night with the overhead light of, only a table lamp on at the other side of the room and of course my attached FL 36 flash (flash bounced of the wall/ceiling behind me).

[jerryph]

@Jerry,
Thank you for the link.
But my dilemma is, not being able to get a sharp picture of what I am seeing on TV (not what is around the TV).

Not sure why you decided to take a picture of a TV screen... the subject in that module is light?

Ok, well there are other factors here besides WB, then. A TV writes lines across the screen at a predefined rate (different rates in North America and Europe) and pixel sizes and picture brightness vary tremendously between different technologies.

To get a clear pic, you are facing many challenges, but try these hints.

- First, center yourself straight in front of the TV.
- Next zoom in a little closer to the TV
- Next, if you can, avoid flash.
- Next, use auto focus, and make sure it is focused before you take the pic
- Next, take the pic.

You need to take into consideration that there is motion on there and you need a shutter speed that is fast enough to freeze this motion.

Just randomly trying this out on my TV gave me this picture straight from the camera, NO processing at all (besides convesion from RAW to JPG_:
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3159/2550321833_9571b5e912.jpg

Hope that helps. Good luck!

[bonsai418]

@Jerry,
Because in Lesson 6 we use a flash, and taken pictures indoors with a flash is a challenge for me.
They never seem to come out right.:eek:
Jerry, we live in an area where it is possible to get hit by a Hurricane, being able to take good inside pictures becomes therefor important.
About me taking pictures of my TV, I had the idea of taking pictures of some underwater scenes to use as wallpaper on my desktop.
Motion is not a problem because I use the “freeze” function on my TV.

[bonsai418]

@Jerry,
NOT using the flash did the trick. :D
At least with the HD Chanels.

[colelover178]

wow good job looks like you are in person lol have fun with it!