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Shadow Pictures
 
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A stationary set of translucent and opaque shapes at various altitudes: as the sun crossing the sky changes the angle of light hitting them, the mosaic of shadows on the ground meld into (and from) each other producing different shadow pictures at different times of the day.
—FlyingToaster, Jul 05 2008

(+) Like this but atmospheric? I think the objects would need to be fairly close to the ground unless you are trying for a bit of shading. http://ritemail-ama.../07/shadow-art.html
[2 fries shy of a happy meal, Jul 05 2008]

Shigeo Fukuda http://members.aol..../Artists/Fukuda.htm
[Klaatu, Jul 06 2008]

Shadow art http://www.geckoand...ptical_illusion.jpg
[Klaatu, Jul 06 2008]


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       do you want to buy a camera?
—po, Jul 05 2008
   

       ?
—FlyingToaster, Jul 05 2008
   

       well yes! ?
—po, Jul 05 2008
   

       [po] sense to me you are not making
—FlyingToaster, Jul 05 2008
   

       Are you talking about clouds?
—MisterQED, Jul 05 2008
   

       Nice idea - reminiscent of the statue in CJ Cherryh's Wave Without A Shore, which seems to change expressions and appearance with the constantly changing light and weather.
—DrCurry, Jul 05 2008
   

       To see the entire picture you'd have to be at a high altitude. You could have a geostationary translucent screen below the shapes for ground viewers.
—placid_turmoil, Jul 05 2008
   

       well for a starter set you could just put objects on transparent poles up between 10-20 foot or so.... a bunch of shapes which at 9am form an eagle... at 12.30 a giraffe, at 1.30 a coiled python, at 3.00 the starbucks logo, etc. etc.   

       The shapes are fixed, it's the sun's movement that changes how their shadows interact on the ground.   

       [edit] bonus points if the fixed objects have definition as well.
—FlyingToaster, Jul 06 2008
   


 

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