SAC Museum 2

Nikon D7000, 10.5mm, 1/25, f/2.8, ISO 1600

This shot turned out to be an interesting demonstration of lighting, transparency and reflection. I took it looking through a window into a small booth containing a training station for air crews.

As a general principle, anything lit will show up and anything dark won’t (sort of the nature of photography as a whole). When you shoot a surface such as glass that can either reflect the light from the outside world or let the light from inside pass through, you can end up with a mix like this.

The spots inside the booth that are lit up become stronger visual elements than the shadows underneath the plane behind me, which is why you can see the training station fairly well. But the spots in the booth that are dark (especially up toward the ceiling) don’t compete with the strong, reflected light from the museum’s roof.

The result is an almost surreal blend of interior and exterior light. It’s hard to get an accurate sense of space from this image. Normally I don’t care for visual “tricks,” but this one kinda works for me.