Why does an LED video wall look worse in my dance photos than in my colleague’s?

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I photographed a dance production with a large LED video wall as the backdrop. I used a Sony A7 III with a 70-200mm lens at 1/200s to keep the dancers sharp, while my colleague used a Canon 6D Mark II at 1/125s. My images have sharper dancers, but the LED background looks banded/uneven and generally worse. My colleague’s dancers are a bit blurrier, but the background looks better.

Is this mainly caused by shutter speed, electronic vs mechanical shutter, or mirrorless vs DSLR?

user11371 · Answer

To me, the difference is that your colleague's picture is better - or at least differently - composed. You've shot from an angle where the dancers take up half to two thirds the height of the screen, while your colleague has shot from an angle where they're taking up about a third. This leaves a lot more of the screen visible.

There's also what's on the screen at the time - your colleague has a shot where there is interesting detail (the skyscrapers) in the upper half of the screen, while your shot essentially just has sky. That just naturally makes your shot look less interesting.

All this is far more important than camera or shutter speed.

Why does an LED video wall look worse in my dance photos than in my colleague’s?

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