Sunday, February 27, 2011

Atmopheric Perspective

On a sunny clear day in Manhattan you can see the effects that the air has on the value contrasts of the distant buildings.
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Through rain and fog this effect is made more apparent and the graying effect happens at a shorter distances. Droplets in the air cause light from the objects to refract and lose any distinct edge. Notice that foreground shadows are dark creating a balance of light and dark throughout the image.


As we zoom in you can see the objects become gray and diffuse.

At this depth the values hardly get darker than a 50% gray.


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