Raking Light on Stone Wall: Revealing the Dry Stack

A stone wall washed by grazing light. The light source is hidden in a groove where the ceiling meets the stone wall, with the light almost skimming the wall downwards; the protrusion of each stone casts a short shadow below it, creating a dense pattern of light and dark granules on the wall, fully revealing the layers of dry-stack masonry. The light gradually weakens on the lower half of the wall.
Avoid: using front lighting to flatten the stone wall, visible light fixtures and light sources, using cool white light, illuminating the entire wall uniformly bright.

Translated from Chinese by AI.

一面被掠射光洗過的石牆。光源藏在天花與石牆交接處的一道溝縫裡,光線幾乎貼著牆面往下打;每一塊石頭的凸出都在下方留下一道短陰影,牆面因此出現密密麻麻的明暗顆粒,乾砌的層次被完全讀出來。牆的下半段光線漸弱。避免:使用正面打光把石牆打平、看得到燈具與光源本體、使用冷白光、把整面牆照得均勻明亮。