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ben egbert wrote:
Kent says he never threw a blue snowball, but snow often appears blue to me in the shadows.
They say the human eye corrects stuff like that and maybe that is something my eyes don't do. Like blue snow, red everything at sunset etc.
Ben,
Just to be clear ... I never said I haven't seen snow appear blue in the shadows. But, by the time you immerse yourself in that same light, bend down, grab up some snow, pack it into a ball and now look at just the ball itself before heaving it in childlike joy ...
nope, no way Jose, nada, nil, null ... I've never thrown a blue snowball. Our eye / brain accommodation takes care of such things for us.
The discussion regarding "as seen" vs. "as captured" is one that will always be correct in either regard, as long as we know the diff. But, the point of the "blue snowball" is that our "as seen" is also variable, predicated upon accommodation, as well as orientation (immersed in the same light vs. in different light, observing the light).
As such, we have the choice(s) regarding the intent of our rendering / message. Some folks like to show the color of the light, others like to show the color of the snow (presumed white in white light). Your pic, your call ... particularly true in mixed lighting scenarios.
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