Early Afternoon Plant

So, I have returned to a subject from a previous post, but at a different time. The last time I looked at this plant (in entry 3) it was after dusk. This time, I make my observations at about noon on a quite cloudy day. These are fluffy white clouds, but they do not darken the sky or block out the sun. The sky is clear blue only with a whole bunch of clouds. In this light some things I had not noticed in the darker conditions. In the sunlight, the plant leaves are more apparently translucent than they were in the dark, and the undersides looked more yellow green. I can also see more little details, such as tiny bugs crawling on the leaves and flying around lazily. This is the same plant, located under the same tree as before, but in the sunlight the shade of the leaves is more obvious. When I begin my observation the cast shadow of the tree is very strong. The shadows sway gently in the mostly still wind. As time passes, the shadow softens out, I imagine because a cloud crosses the sun and diffuses the light. The specular reflections on the leaves reveal the texture to be somewhat waxy, but are less shiny in the diffused light. By the end of the observation, the clouds must have moved out of the sun's way because the tree's cast shadows are sharp again.

My camera seems to have been overwhelmed by the amount of light, so it looks a little overexposed. I still need to play around more with its settings so I can more accurately record light in this kind of condition.

Early Afternoon Plant from Lady Subrosa on Vimeo.