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Originally Posted by Stormer
I think we were sold a bill of goods about the roof not casting harsh shadows. I can see no discernible difference between the shadows cast by the solid portions of the roof and the PTFE portions. Perhaps the diffused light that comes though brightens the whole area and I am just not perceiving that on the webcam.
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Yeah, I don't think the roof is going to be as translucent as people imagined. You'd need it to be very, very translucent for it to not case a hard shadow.
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Originally Posted by Nathan
Regarding the roof... I don't think it's stretched yet so that could affect things? Also, it's rounded in such a way that it wouldn't really create shadows on the field. By the time it would/the LEDs will be more than enough to even out the lighting and brighten the field.  |
LED lighting will not be enough to counter sunlight. Most people don't realize, but sunlight is hundreds to thousands of times stronger than conventional lighting, even professional stadium lighting. During the daytime if there is sun on one part of the field and not the other, then there is no way to prevent that shadow from being visible. I don't know if that will be an actual problem though (as it looks likely that the shadow will be across the field almost all of the time if the game is in the evening). But afternoon games will likely see hard shadows in play.
The Colts' stadium in the NFL is an example of lack of forward-thinking regarding shadows (to the point where they just leave it closed now most of the time because it's too hard for TV viewers to follow the play). In person it's not as bad because your eyes automatically adjust exposure (i.e. your iris contracts/expands) so you don't see the harsh difference when glancing back and forth from shadow to sunlight. But on TV you can't do that as the exposure is set in place, and when the entire field is shown you either have one area be far too light, or the other far too dark:
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