Fountain in the Afternoon

So, my subject is the same as my previous post, only a different time. This time I'm observing it in broad daylight at about 1:30 in the afternoon. Like the other night, there is not a cloud in the sky. Unlike the other night, my light source is all natural (aka the sun). From where I observe the sun is at about 11 a clock from my head. The world is bathed in a sort of golden, sunny light. People are walking around and enjoying the afternoon, but I sit at a nearby bench and watch the water, occasionally walking up to the edge to change my perspective.

The first big difference I notice between the lower tier pool at night and during the day is the color of the water. I still suspect this has more to do with the water quality than the light necessarily, but instead of looking like a dark blue green, it looks like a fairly yellowy green lime color. It appears more saturated in this light. Another big difference is the fact that the fountain is actually on now, making for more hectic waves in the water. Because of this, the reflection of nearby objects in the water is difficult to make out because it keeps moving. There is an echo of the image, however, and you can see the basic shapes and colors of the nearby objects like the buildings and the trees. The colors that are reflected from the surrounding area are mainly the yellow greens of the trees (which are difficult to distinguish from the green of the water), the yellow/tanish reflection of a six pack building, and a few spots of bright blue from the sky. Again, because of the amount and rate of water spilling from the above level, the ripples and waves of the surface distort the reflections. This pace, however, make for a little flicker and sparkle effect the way the lamp posts did at night.

As time progresses, I begin to notice tiny bubbles develop on various spots of the water. These bubbles look like little sparkling spots, as the light of the sun hits them and travels through their thin, transparent shells at a quicker rate than it can travel through the water of the whole pool. They pop and form at random rates, and there are around 20 to 30 of these on the water's surface at a given time. I am not sure why they form, but the light reflects brightly in a yellow-white glow.

Finally, I take stock of the possible shadows. The shadows of nearby objects are dark, sharp, and distinct, stretching over the ground at about the size of their corresponding object. This obviously has little effect on the water, but I see a really slight glow emitting from the water's surface on the stones surrounding the fountain. These aren't exactly shadows, but little lines of violet-grey shimmer on the light-tan (nearly white) stone. Again, the sky quality has changed very little over time, so the pool appears nearly identical at the end of 15 minutes as it did when I first started my observation.

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