Week 7 - The Gym

Earlier this week, I decided to go to the gym to work out. I started off my routine by running a mile. Because of the small size of the track, it takes 11 laps to make up a mile. Since I was going around the track so many times, I began to notice little things about it, like the lighting. The photos that I took show opposite sides of the track. What I found interesting was that in the left photo, the ceiling lights were used to light the area while on the right, the big windows were used as the light source. The ceiling lights were actually turned off on the window side of the track. On the left, everything looks very flat and somewhat dull. The details of the room seem to all blend into each other and are lost. This is compared to the picture on the right - the colors seem more vibrant. I also feel like I'm able to distinguish more details on the right because everything is separate . For instance, in the right photo I could see that the basketball court below is further down, but in the left photo, I'm not so sure. The natural lighting from the windows made everything look more dimensional because there are shadows, unlike the photo on the left where everything looks washed out. I thought it was really interesting how this little detail made such a big difference on how the room looked.