They pole stand up tall above the street so that it is able to have a overhead lighting. That car that is directly underneath the light is illuminated in white light. This then creates shadow on the car and also leaves the bottoms half a lot darker drawring your attention. But, it’s also bright enough that it catches the car that is behind it.
The lighting actually gives it a gloomy feel to it because the street lamps are the only source of light for the street. That lightbit bright enough that you can notice there are car parked. Due to the fact, that there is no filter in a light source you can see the actual color of the cars just with a lot of shadows.