Drama 16 Stage Lighting

Annular Solar Eclipse

Courtesy of http://michellegregg.wordpress.com/2010/01/15/todays-solar-eclipse-new-moon-and-mercury-direct Copyright 1984 Jerry Lodriguss and John Martinez

THE SUN

The sun is a powerful source of light, so when something as large as the moon interferes with its light, interesting things happen. The red color caused by the eclipse and the placement of the sun in the sky is an angry red, very saturated and vibrant. The seeming motion of the red streak from the sun to the right of the photo is interesting and gives an “action shot” feeling to the image. The presence of only black and red give an intensely ominous feeling to the image. Also interesting to me is the fact that the glow from the thin crescent of bright light that is visible creates a crescent moon-shaped field of color, visually turning the sun into its “opposite.”

  

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2. I found this photo through google images that came from someone’s blog.

3. The Sun

4. I chose this picture because I liked how tiny the sun looked in comparison to the persons hand. I also really liked how the rays shown through the persons fingers and the shadows that were cast on the hand from trying to cover it. It gave me a warm feeling when I was looking at it. It made me think of a nice hot summer day when you’re laying on the grass looking up at the clouds and attributing forms each cloud that passes and at this instance the sun came into your eyes so you try blocking it. I also really like how the glare from the sun has what looks like an orbit if you will that is seen on the back of the persons hand. It’s a very “orangey,” red spot that extends farther than just the dot of the sun. Also the cool thing is that the sun in this picture is so bright that the persons hand can’t possibly block the suns rays. You can see this especially on the persons lower part of their middle finger how the brightness just makes it seem like a part of the persons hand is missing.