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You couldn't see the outside world from this solarium...
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...much less a lot of daylight!

Or maybe that's just the overgrowth and stripped walls/ceiling that's choking the sunlight.
AutumnTwin
Tue 03-21-2006
it's almost as if you can see the shadows from the leaves moving about on the glass ~
the_journeyman
Tue 03-21-2006
Journeyman...I felt the same thing. When I first looked at this, I couldn't figure it out. Then I read your comment, and the word "movement" popped into my mind....Nice shot, Motts.
Question--Why have a solarium for patients if they can't see the outside?
Tony C.
Tue 03-21-2006
Perfect, Journeyman! Whenever I see dappled light in a picture (which I love!) it always makes me think of the movement of the sun through the foliage.

Another truly great shot Motts!
Jude
Tue 03-21-2006
They probably could have seen the outside before it got all overgrown, Tony. Just my assumption.
Valatiel
Tue 03-21-2006
nah I don't think they could...the windows that are intact look frosted...
Mona Lisa
Thu 03-23-2006
cant see the outside, but i think you could feel it
kb
Sat 03-25-2006
Journeyman got it on this one...wow...beautiful...
Bri
Sun 03-26-2006
Children's Book - "Shadow Castle" - Marian Cockrell - original copyright 1945. Check out this excerpt:
http://myhome.sunyocc....zl/saizchildren.html
Lynne
Sun 03-26-2006
Thank you, Lynne! How perfect!
Bri
Sun 03-26-2006
Little panes of opaque glass...so many to smash, so little time! Heh, heh!
Max
Thu 04-06-2006
I have never been moved by photos before....you are truely spectacular at what you do! Please keep these coming! How sad to be tempted with the outside world only to be denied a true glimpse of it from this room. Kinda negates the term 'solarium'.
KD
Fri 04-28-2006
Why did alot of these old places use those glass blocks in windows years ago?
Nancy
Tue 05-30-2006
so that they would let the natural light in without having to risk the breaking of large panes of glass or having to compromise the look with the use of wire or bars on windows......keep in mind violent women patients......the opaqueness was not so much to keep them from seeing out but from others seeing in
scrumptious
Thu 06-01-2006
I love this shot. Whether it's the plants making the green and blue, its lovely. Very nice color.
Sam
Mon 06-05-2006
Love this pic awsome capture
BigDaddyE
Mon 10-09-2006
maybe you should hire someone to clean the place
Ava
Fri 10-20-2006
Those windows look marvelous with the vegetation filtering the light through on the other side of the glass... Quite calming, in my opinion
Mel
Thu 04-26-2007

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