How does the size of a shadow change as the object movies from the source of light towards the screen?
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What size do you want your shadow to be? Move the light farther away for a smaller shadow (left) or up close for a larger shadow (right.)
Adjustable shadow size works only with shadows coming from a point source, such as a spotlight. If you were using directional or infinite lights, they would always make shadows the same size as the object casting them, regardless of position.
Shadows look different, and even take on different shapes, when cast from different perspectives. For example, there is something visibly wrong with the sunbeams on the left side of Figure 3.11. They were produced by putting one spotlight directly outside of each window in the room. You can see how they splay outward, aiming away from the nearby lights. Moving the lights much farther back, as shown on the right side of the figure, makes the shadows appear parallel. On the right side of the figure, the left and right sides of the sunbeams appear parallel, as they would in real life. Using an infinite or directional light instead of a spotlight could also create parallel sunbeam