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Wednesday, 10 September 2014

1009 Evening Flowers

Sometimes, flowers and other objects can appear surprisingly bright in the failing evening light. I understand that this is the Purkinje Effect, where daylight and night vision are both at work. Luckily, my camera seems to act in the same way as our eyes where this is concerned.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Purkinje_effect