Low Angle Sun: Light Enters Horizontally

An interior in a northern latitude, showing the characteristic very low angle of the sun. Even at noon, sunlight enters the room almost horizontally, passing through the entire space to hit the opposite wall rather than falling on the floor; the light patch is stretched extremely long, forming a bright area that extends horizontally across the wall from the window. The window frame casts long, slanted shadows on the wall. Because the light is horizontal, the walls are brighter than the floor, and people's faces will be illuminated from the side. The light color is cool and whitish, with low saturation. The same patch of light will move noticeably within a few hours and quickly disappear. The interior features light-colored wooden floors and white walls, with low furniture that does not block the light. Avoid: using high-angle overhead light that makes light patches fall on the floor, depicting the light as warm orange twilight colors, allowing light to be evenly distributed indoors, adding strong artificial lighting.

Translated from Chinese by AI.

一個北方緯度的室內,呈現太陽極低角度的特徵。即使是中午,陽光也是接近水平地射進房間,穿過整個空間打在對面的牆上而不是落在地板上;光斑被拉得極長,一道明亮的區域從窗邊一路橫過牆面。窗框在牆上投下長長的斜影。因為光是橫向的,牆面比地面亮,人的臉會被側面照亮。光的顏色偏冷偏白,飽和度低。同一片光在幾小時內會明顯移動並很快消失。室內是淺色的木地板與白牆,家具低矮不擋光。避免:使用高角度的頂光讓光斑落在地面、把光畫成暖橘的黃昏色、讓光在室內均勻分佈、加入強烈的人工照明。