Rocks and ground cover: texture grazing close to the ground

A night view of a garden corner composed of large natural rocks and low ground cover. Small spotlights are placed close to the ground, with light almost horizontally skimming the rock surfaces. Every crack, weathered pit, and mineral stratification of the rocks casts long shadows, creating an extremely strong texture. The rocks appear rougher and heavier than in daylight. The edges of the ground cover plants' leaves are highlighted by the same light, with shadows of their undersides and stems cast on the soil. The upper parts and backs of the rocks not illuminated by the light are completely immersed in darkness, leaving only their silhouettes.
Avoid: Downlighting from above, illuminating rocks into uniform gray surfaces, eliminating shadows of surface textures, making ground cover plants a blurry bright green.

Translated from Chinese by AI.

一處以大塊自然岩石與低矮地被構成的庭園角落夜景,小型投光燈緊貼地面設置,光幾乎水平地掠過岩石表面。岩石的每一道裂縫、風化的凹坑與礦物的層理都被拉出長長的陰影,質感極為強烈,岩石看起來比白天更粗獷、更有重量。地被植物的葉片邊緣被同一道光勾亮,葉背與莖的陰影投在土面上。光沒有照到的岩石上半部與背面完全沒入黑暗,只留輪廓。避免:從高處往下打光、把岩石照成均勻的灰面、消除表面紋理的陰影、把地被植物打成一片模糊的亮綠。