Friday 7 June 2013

'The OCA effect' and light: as the sun makes its daily journey...



This what I am beginning to call 'the OCA effect'... I was sitting at my desk and just noticed how the light was playing on this collection of stones on the window shelf. I could see how the colour temperature changed as the light came and went, due to the passage of clouds, and as the sun gradually set.










I love the way everything changes when the source of light, in this case the sun, moves or is obscured by clouds. The amount of light increases or diminishes; the colour of the stones changes; shadows form; textural detail is distinct or vague...

1 comment:

  1. I too suffer from that OCA effect! Flying into Durban earlier this yearI wasn't looking at the green rolling hills, but rather how the setting sun raking across those hills showed the texture and volume—sad, isn't it??

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