#tbt when I visited @jamesipy in Singapore.
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Lesson on light: the human perceptual system (eyes and brain) is a terrible judge of absolute brightness because it is great at normalizing the brightness over a wide range.
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If you were standing where James was in person, you would perceive the details both inside (furniture, plants) and out (balcony plants, other buildings).
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But in this photo, the outside details are lost (overexposed) while the inside seems quite dark.
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Many would think “well maybe the camera isn’t good enough” but, in fact, the camera is being a very consistent detector of light – as in, every pixel is capturing at the same sensitivity but the light that’s coming from the sky is just that much more intense than the light coming from the indoors.
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Your eyes and brain are working together to normalize these differences so that you can better *IDENTIFY* the objects in your surroundings despite drastic differences absolute brightness.
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This means trying to judge brightness by “estimating brightness” will be prone to error and vague descriptions that mean different things to different people.
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Fortunately, plants that need “full sun” and “part sun” can be easily interpreted as “the sun needs to shine directly on the plant for x hours”
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But what about “bright indirect light” – what environmental indicators should you use to ensure a plant is getting this type of light?
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I’ll write more tomorrow but if you’ve followed me for any length of time, you’ve probably already heard my guideline surrounding how to achieve “bright indirect light”
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