Observation 1:
Sitting upstairs in the library, I can see both natural and
manmade light. The light bulbs give off
a florescent fake light that appears duller and more yellow than the natural
light. The sun’s light, falling from the ceiling windows, is brighter and
whiter. Diagonal shadows are cast from the beams holding up the windows. The
shadows stretch across the windows darkening some of the rectangles lights that
shine on the rows of books across from me.
The most interesting part of this area of the library is the way the
windows reflect multiple versions of the perfectly spaced out lights.
Observation 2:
Outside the world is a lot brighter, especially at four in
the afternoon on a sunny day. Pretty much everything is casting major shadows.
The only dark spots other than the shadows are underneath the trees
nearby. The ground under them as well as
their trunks and branches are dark; however, spots and trickles of light find
their way onto the trunks from holes in the leaves here and there. There’s
really not a lot of diversity in the light on a sunny day in the
midafternoon.
Observation 3:
In the coffee shop, there are a
lot of different variations of light going on.
The dining and sitting areas have a lot dimmer light going on compared
to the natural light coming in from the floor to ceiling windows and the bright
fluorescent lights behind the coffee bar. There are really not many shadows at
all behind the bar, and the light is slightly yellow and obviously fake. But there are plenty of shadows in the dining
area. The sun is coming in through the windows casting shadows on the tables
from the lines in the windows. The chairs and people beside the windows are
also casting shadows. It is a lot dimmer in the back of the coffee shop than
the entrance and where the windows are.
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