"Light Trespass" is actually a legal term. It occurs when someone has "security lights" or some other kind of outdoor lighting on their house, and the light shines away from their property and onto someone else's property. Fortunately the village does have a light trespass ordinance, and it is not allowed. So the people who live up behind us put in a swimming pool and then put four bright lights on their house to illuminate the pool and patio area. Not a problem, of course if they are out enjoying their pool and patio. But every once in a while the lights get left on all night, and usually all day before someone notices, or in this case, when they are away. These lights have been on both night and day for the last 5 days or so. You can see how they light up part of the back of our house. More importantly, notice that the light is going through our bedroom window on the second floor and it lights up our whole bedroom!
Our neighbors are very nice and I am sure it happened by accident but no one seemed to be at home. The good news is that last night the lights were off. But then today they came back on! But after about 9 PM they were turned off and the whole house is dark. Go figure. For all you photographers out there, I will tell you a crazy story. I didn't want to get a tripod to put the camera on to take these photographs at midnight. So I just cranked the ISO (which is like the "film speed") to - hold on to your hats - ISO 204,800. That is not a misprint. But that is a CRAZY number, given most of my life I shot color and black and white film with an ISO of about 400! And my exposure at that ISO was 1/30 second at f/4, handheld. These digital cameras, like my SONY a7 III are simply amazing.
3 comments:
Uh Oh! We have lamp posts around the condos that go on at dark and turn off in the morning. I wonder what the neighbors think.
Probably safer for people in the condo at night. Wouldn't want someone walking from their car at night to trip in the dark. But these lights are illuminating the swimming pool. Who is walking around that at night?
We have lights on all the buildings here, too. They seem too bright! But I know they do it for the safety of residents. Betsey
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