# Re photographers & painters saying the light is "special in various locales. BS or real?

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**Category:** Cafe Society
**Created:** [August 21, 2012, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/re-photographers-painters-saying-the-light-is-special-in-various-locales-bs-or-real/632221 "2012-08-21T21:50:50Z")
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### Author: ![flano1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f14d63/32.png) [@flano1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flano1)
#### Post date: [August 22, 2012, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/re-photographers-painters-saying-the-light-is-special-in-various-locales-bs-or-real/632221/21 "2012-08-22T23:41:34Z")

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Autumnal Light is Best.

No harshness.

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### Author: ![Bartman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/779978/32.png) [@Bartman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bartman)
#### Post date: [August 24, 2012, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/re-photographers-painters-saying-the-light-is-special-in-various-locales-bs-or-real/632221/22 "2012-08-24T01:42:41Z")

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> [@slm2955](#):
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> Total BS

Care to expound? Given that every other post here disagrees with you, some sort of backing for you opinion might be in order.

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### Author: ![johnpost](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f17d59/32.png) [@johnpost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/johnpost)
#### Post date: [August 24, 2012, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/re-photographers-painters-saying-the-light-is-special-in-various-locales-bs-or-real/632221/23 "2012-08-24T02:00:37Z")

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> [@slm2955](#):
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> Total BS

total bright sky would have different light.

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### Author: ![DonLogan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/51bf81/32.png) [@DonLogan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DonLogan)
#### Post date: [August 25, 2012, 12:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/re-photographers-painters-saying-the-light-is-special-in-various-locales-bs-or-real/632221/24 "2012-08-25T12:25:39Z")

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It’s true, but it’s also a cliche, which is why some people call BS.

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