Not exact matches
The technique, developed by researchers at Sheffield University, uses the phenomenon of laser «speckle»: no surface is uniformly smooth at the atomic
scale and, when laser
light reflects off it, the roughness caused by the individual atoms creates interference in the wavefronts so that the reflected
light seems to scintillate,
with tiny
bright and dark patches.
The Measurements section below has details of all of the lab measurements and tests
with lots of additional background information and explanations including the display's Maximum Brightness and Peak Luminance, Black Brightness, Contrast Ratio, Screen Reflectance,
Bright Ambient
Light Contrast Rating, Dynamic Color and Contrast, Color Temperature and White Chromaticity, Color Gamut, Intensity
Scale and Gamma, the variation of Brightness, Contrast Ratio and Color Shift
with Viewing Angle, Backlight Power Consumption, and
Light Spectrum of the display.
The group includes four particular standouts: the white - lipped python,
with a dark olive body and
bright white
scales around the mouth; the olive python, which has velvety, matt
scale; the Savu (or white - eyed) python, a smaller snake
with magical - looking eyes; and the Macklott's python, which brings a
light speckling to the olive look.
Samuel Colman and George Henry Smillie opted for close - up studies of nature; Martin Johnson Heade focused on the effects of
light on water; John Henry Twachtman and Childe Hassam applied the French Impressionists»
bright palette and vibrant brushwork to thoroughly American subjects; and April Gornik provides a visceral experience of the landscape
with her large
scale paintings.
That same loud and voluptuous defiance of time and mortality is broadcast loud and clear by Harriette Joffe in figural works on a bold
scale, such as Blue Maya, a secure life drawing rendered in monumental splendor
with electric flashes of
bright blue and pink to put to rest any sense of the «dying of the
light.»
The show is made up of massive larges -
scale paintings that embody the artists» style and vision, ranging from the
bright and colorful works of Tim Biskup
with his
light - hearted, whimsical characters, to the work of Mark Dean Veca who paints a dark and eerie version of Mickey Mouse, distorted by wrinkles and folds.