Week 8: Natural Gobo

While on a drive during the Thanksgiving break, I saw and interesting piece of lighting that I could not pass up the opportunity to photograph. It was past noon and at the angle the sun was hitting a nearby building, the reflection projected on the ground gave the impression like that of a gobo! The feature on the ground was symmetric and unfocused, yet still clearly visible and slightly defined. The actually building that sourced the reflection had vertical windows. I was quite astonished to see such a sight, even in the daytime. However, that was made possible because other surrounding buildings in that Westwood area sent that street in shadows. It is even possible to see a different gobo design in the intersection ahead as a result of the building in the left of the frame. If I had more time that day I would have liked to drive around a bit more to see other designs, but this photograph turned out great! It is quite interesting to see how mother nature creates her own theater production using the earth as her stage.