Thursday, February 6, 2014

Light Observations

Light Observation 1




















For my indoor light observation photo, I took a picture of my desk shelf. The only source of lighting around it is my desk lamp that was turned on for the picture. Since the light is being diffused through the lamp shade, the lighting coming from the top and bottom of the lamp is harder and brighter than the light that is coming from either side of the lamp. There is a small statue of the Statue of Liberty as well as a clock radio that is beneath the lamp. The fronts of these objects are almost completely black whereas you can see the light shining of the backs of them which creates a lot of contrast. There is also a poster on the wall behind the lamp where you can see the curved shadow of the top and bottom of the lampshade. 

Light Observation 2













The second photo I used for my light observation was a picture my friend took while we were walking on a path in the woods during the ice and snow storm. Since the day was cloudy and it was early in the morning, the light outside is very soft and pretty evenly distributed. It is very hard to see shadows from the trees in the image. One of the main shadows in the image comes from the tree in the top right corner. It is one of the darkest points in the image. The brightest point in the image is the path which is covered in snow. The snow on the path is reflecting the light making it much brighter than the rest of the image.  

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