Raking light: makes the wood grain pop

A wooden wall washed by grazing light. The light source is hidden in a recessed groove where the ceiling meets the wooden wall, with light almost skimming the surface downwards; every bump and every joint in the wood grain casts a very short shadow below, creating a fine vertical texture across the entire wall, revealing its full tactile quality. The light gradually weakens in the lower half of the wall, becoming almost completely dark near the floor. Avoid: flattening the wooden wall with direct frontal lighting, allowing the light source itself to be seen, illuminating the entire wall with uniform brightness, using cool white light that makes the wood color appear grayish.

Translated from Chinese by AI.

一面被掠射光洗過的木牆。光源藏在天花與木牆交接的一道凹槽裡,光線幾乎貼著表面往下走;木紋的每一道凹凸與每一條分縫都在下方留下極短的陰影,整面牆因此出現細密的縱向紋理,質感被完全讀出來。牆的下半段光線漸弱,到地板附近幾乎全黑。避免:用正面打光把木牆打平、讓光源本體被看見、把整面牆照得亮度均勻、使用冷白光讓木色偏灰。