Shadow Dancers

I went to see my City's Contemporary Dancers tonight. The show was good, but while everyone else was watching the human dancers, I was watching their shadows dance. It was fantastic, especially when the lighting created all sorts of unique images. I tried to takke picture, but was not allowed to, even without the flash. So I have decided to see if I can get a lighting technician at the local theatre to help me one day to see what we can create. Now I just have to convince the dancers to help, too! Oh, well. At least I got a pic of the floor just as the show started :)

Indeed.

Shadow Yummy

A Shadow eating a shadow creamsicle. Mmmm. Shadow creamsicle :)

Shadow Reflection

Now this is neat. I caught it while taking my son for a haircut. The picture captures the reflection of my shadow on the floor of the shop. Fascinating!

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I think this picture is beautiful, as a result of its complexity. It combines shadow, the pattern and texture of the hallway, the lighting off of both metal and wood. I think it is spectacular.

Boo!

I LOVE this pic! I took this at the convention Centre in Quebec City. The angle of the sun allowed me to capture the picture of the wolf surprising its own shadow and jnmping on its back. What a surprise for the shadow!

Summary

I took this in my hotel room. I thought this did a great job of helping define how I feel/who I am. Partially obscured by shadow...moving in and out of the light.

Red Shadow

Orange streetlight. Red cobblestone. Cool shadow.

Shadow Ford

As I rounded the bend on the highway, the setting sun behind me, my little rent-a-car produced a BIG shadow. I thought that was neat.

Ceiling Shadows

Shadows on the dining room ceiling produced by the chandelier. Gothic!

Carport Shadow

This shadow was caused by my car door. When I swung it open in the carport, the reflection of the sun off the door broke the shadow. But the neatest part is the shadow with in the reflection. The ripple shadow effect was caused by the light being filtered by the dirt on my car window.

Shadow Projector

I love the blue spotlight effect that creates this shadow. Another extra-terrestrial looking vehicle. I love the Universal Projector!

Shadow Projector

The shadow of the universal projector at the planetarium. Coupled with the row lights, look like an actual spaceship.

Shadow Boxes

Taken in the dining room, a shadow in every box :)

Bridge Shadow

Under the Salt Point Bridge (#2). I could have sat there all day, listening to the water and enjoying my shadow privacy. I noticed a swallow nest under the bridge and thought of the babies who would spend all of their early days in the shadows. How euphoric the first flight must be when they hit the daylight for the first time.

Anchor Shadow

A canal shot from Gouda, The Netherlands. The mirrored, inverted shadow of the boat anchor is beautiful in in its serenity.

Cranberry Shadow

Stopping for a morning juice, the shadow produced through my glass and cranberry juice was beautiful and unique.

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Taken at Het Loo Palace in Apeldoorn, The Netherlands. I love the amoeba-like shape of the shadows on the road to the palace.

Evil Shadows: Dachau

Equally horrific were the shadows produced by the ovens used to ashen those killed. Sometimes it is not the light alone that exposes evil, but the shadow, too.

Evil Shadows: Dachau

Taken in the gas chamber at Dachau. It was bad enough to imagine the carnage and inhumanity that occurred in this room, but this window seemed the most appalling of all. While the light and grating produces a spectacular contrasting effect, it seems perverse that it was in the "shower" room. I wondered how many ended their life pulling at the grating that was blocking the only access to the light and fresh air. So evil.