Glaring LED in a park in Vienna
Image taken with a Canon 550D at ISO 3200, f=17mm, f/5.6, 0.2sec
A 35 Watt neutral-white LED is sufficient to produce extreme glare - painful for the eye.
(c) Thomas Posch, 2012
Globe lights with >50% uplight
Image taken with a Canon 550D at ISO 3200, f=28mm, f/4.5, 0.05sec
(c) Thomas Posch, 2012
Testing LEDs with different colour temperatures (I)
Image taken with a Canon Eos 550D at ISO 3200, f=28mm, f/4.5, 0.05sec
In the foreground: neutral-white LEDs, in the background: warm-white LEDs.
(c) Thomas Posch, 2012
Testing LEDs with different colour temperatures (II)
Image taken with a Canon Eos 550D at ISO 3200, f= 28mm, f/4.5, 0.05sec
Warm-white LED in the foreground, globe lights in the far background
(c) Thomas Posch, 2012
Difference in glare between poorly designed lamps and full cutoff lamps
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Acceptable and Unacceptable Lighting Fixtures
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