Photo Observation 3

I took this photo from my sister’s Facebook page – I was also present when this photo was shot, on New Years Eave in Edinburgh.

“Vibrant, Colorful, Saturated”

There are aren’t that many colors in the lighting here, but those that are present are pretty stand-offish. The structures are lit with low-frequency colors, purple and blue. I don’t generally think of the lower frequencies as being vibrant or bright – usually they seem subdued and cool – but in the absence of higher frequency colors, they take on a very garish demeanor. The higher frequency colors are not totally absent, but they are minimal. They really only appear as the tails of fireworks. They seem too take a backseat to the purple and blue lighting on the structures. All in all, the lighting is vibrant because it really puts a new face on a scene which in broad daylight is actually kind of flat and grey.