by Greg Stoks on May 20, 2012
Blog #9
Aerated water effects illuminate well to provide a nighttime impact to water displays. Laminar water effects are very difficult to illuminate because of the translucent properties of clear water, (it would be like lighting a clear piece of glass). Typically illuminating aerated water effects the more light output the more impact. Poor visual impact are typically because the lighting wattage is to low and only a section of the water is illuminated. In sequencing nozzle effects, lighting can be also sequenced on and off to create a greater impact to the changing water formations.
by Greg Stoks on April 22, 2012
The next few blogs are to review lighting design options. The first one is simply water within a dark bodied pool creates a mirror like reflection. The reflection pool is most popular in outdoor architectural settings where there are elements, like buildings, forms and landscape that can be capture a duplicate image in the water. A reflection pool is typically large in scale which can capture more reflection value and provides a significant impact due to size. One of the techniques that helps “still” the water is a rim flow perimeter. The pulling capillary movement of water to an outer collection chamber helps prevent the wind from creating a ripple on the surface of the water which distorts the reflection.
