Uplighting Trees: Branch Shadows Cast Upward from Below

Night view of a large tree. Two to three in-ground floodlights are placed within the tree canopy's projection range, close to the trunk, shining light upwards. The main trunk is brightly illuminated, with the cracks and textures of the bark extremely prominent. The main branches gradually darken upwards, and the leaves within the canopy are penetrated by light, appearing translucent yellow-green. The branches and leaves cast huge, radial, constantly branching shadows on the rear wall and in the air above. The tree's shape appears dramatic due to this unnatural upward light direction, completely different from its daytime appearance. Only a small circle of the surrounding grass near the luminaires is illuminated. Avoid: lighting from above, uniformly illuminating the entire tree, eliminating branch shadows, making the tree canopy a blurry bright mass.

Translated from Chinese by AI.

一棵大型喬木的夜景,兩到三支埋地式投光燈設在樹冠投影範圍內、貼近樹幹的位置,光由下往上打。主幹被強光照亮,樹皮的裂紋與凹凸極為明顯,主要分枝往上逐漸變暗,樹冠內部的葉片被光穿透,呈現半透明的黃綠色。枝葉在後方的牆面與上方的空中投下放射狀、不斷分岔的巨大陰影。樹的形狀因為這種由下往上的非自然光向而顯得戲劇化,與白天的樣貌完全不同。周邊草地只有燈具附近的一小圈被照亮。避免:從上往下打光、把整棵樹均勻照亮、消除枝幹的投影、讓樹冠變成一團模糊的亮塊。