Lighting

These photos, taken on campus during our class designated time, explore the ideas of lighting, and the differences lighting can make when it comes from different angles. The top image shows the light (which is, of course, natural sunlight) coming from an angle perpendicular to the main object, the leaves. This lighting creates an image in which the leaves are seen as they most often are presented in nature, with shadows falling from the tips and colors left to stand on their own. The middle image uses the sunlight as a back light, shining through the leaf. The many colors of the leaf are visible, as well as the veins. The third image uses the light as a juxtaposition to the leaves and creates a frame around them. This lighting angle creates shadows over the whole subject and hence discards the leaves' colors and emphasizes their shape.