This tree is tucked away behind the Drama department, parallel to the crowded path leading up to the studios. It was a sunny day at noon, and the shadow of the tree was casted down on the tiled plaza. The trunk and the branches are particularly beautiful, even more than the actual flesh of the tree, because of the softened edges and the monotonous color. It evokes a very tranquil, ambivalent, or even sentimental feeling.
Looking more closely at the shadow, the trunk's outline is sharper than that of the tip of the branches and the leaves, probably because the sun is at a very sharp angle. It also reminds me of "pinhole imaging", that no matter what shape of the gap between the leaves, it acts as a pinhole camera, so the light that shines through the gap constitutes the sun's shape, a circle. So there are many many mini sun's "shadows" on the ground!
Beautiful image and great observation about the crispness of the trunk and the softer shadow of the leaves - probably because the tree and branches are 1 image while the leaves have many places for sun to push through. Nice post!
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