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| Holographic glitter in electric candle |
Reflections, refractions, shadows, and colored lights.
The winter solstice has come and gone, and the daylight is getting longer. We've enjoyed the light of candles, holiday decorations, and (sometimes) fireworks. So today's post is just a look back at some of the interesting and beautiful effects that light can have.
Let's start with some reflected lights--but colored lights.
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| Christmas lights reflected on gold wrap. |
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| Christmas lights reflected on a metal hanging lamp. |
Not only are colored lights beautiful, but their reflections are also beautiful and interesting. And then there are the interesting shadows they cast along with the reflections.
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| Christmas tree lights and shadows on ceiling. |
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| Christmas tree lights and shadows on window shade. |
I like the light-and-shadow effects almost as much as I like the tree itself. Almost.
When I was young, "holographic" paper and foil was a very fancy and expensive item. I think I paid a dollar apiece for some postcards with a holographic coating as a teenager--I'm not sure what that equals in today's dollars. Today you can buy wrapping paper that is thin plastic with all sorts of nifty holographic effects, wrap gifts in it, and then throw it away. It's that cheap.
I don't tend to buy the holographic wrap because it doesn't fold neatly and doesn't tape as well as paper, but I do appreciate all the fabulous light effects available with holographic film. I have several electric candles filled with liquid and holographic glitter, and I find them mesmerizing. They also refract and reflect light in interesting ways.
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| Reflections from glitter-filled electric candle. |
I deliberately cropped photos to emphasize the interesting light effects, but in case you want to see where they came from, here are some of the original photos.
I also have some previous posts on light effects.
Pelican Shadows and other shadows of interest
Sun and suncatchers: rainbows in my room
Reflecting on reflections: the stories inside the shine
Scented candles (look at final photo)
Till next post.
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