Thursday, August 20, 2015

visible light - What determines the sharpness of a shadow?


What are the factors that affect the sharpness of a shadow?



I would think that the distance between the light source and the object, the distance between the object and the shadow, and the size of the light source would all have an effect.


How do they affect the shadow exactly? What is the full explanation?




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