A night walk around Mitre Square (PC Watkin's route)

[Joshua Rogan]

Superbly atmospheric, Richard.

I tend to agree that in reality the viewers eyes would adjust to the darkness and give better vision, at least when a light source isn't shining directly into them. Is it possible to model shading your eyes?
Other than that, the only (minor) criticism I have is that in the commentary you kept referring to your "bulldog" lantern, rather than bullseye.
Although, having just googled it, they do seem to be a thing!

[richardh]

It's a very good video but in terms of light it maybe doesn't quite take into account how eyes adjust to the dark. Looking into certain areas of the square the darkness remains on the same level whereas the human eye would naturally filter through this over a couple of minutes, quicker if in similar low levels of light for a while already.

Dr Sequeria said the square was dark but not so much that killer could not see what they were doing. This assessment was done after the door at Kearley & Tonge had been opened by George Morris, providing an extra source of light. If you are able to, is it possible to add this feature to see how far the extra light reaches into the square?

Agreed.
However, for those people walking from a dark area to a light area (walking up Church passage toward the square), you would get a light flare (blowout) from the gas lamp which would pretty much blot out anything behind the lamp (the view into the square and toward ripper corner). The same would apply to the lampost in the square.
The 'extra light' provided when Morris opened the K&T door would, IMO, do little to help. The Door was near the vicinity of the lampost quite far away from ripper corner. If the lampost light didn't reach ripper corner then the door light wouldn't.

You are right too in that watching a video is very different from actually being IN a real-life situation which WOULD allow your eyes to get accustomed to the different levels of light available. Also, even though I was walking the area in real-time, I was using a VR headset that doesn't possess the same resolution as the human eye. The blacks are not true black and the pixel resolution is just not on the same level as the human eye so there are definite and probably unresolvable limitations to these kinds of demonstrations.

I will fiddle with the scene and try to get it better. The scene was created as a VR environment of Mitre Square and I didn;t really put any effort into getting real-life lighting conditions. I'll revisit the model and give it an update to see if I can get closer.

thanks

[Christian]

I've uploaded a video of a walk around Mitre Square to try to demonstrate the available light and conditions in the square on the night of the murder. And the view that Watkins (and others) might have had when walking the vicinity of the square.
https://youtu.be/WutzuO2ssP0

Brilliant thanks for sharing

[Curious Cat]

It's a very good video but in terms of light it maybe doesn't quite take into account how eyes adjust to the dark. Looking into certain areas of the square the darkness remains on the same level whereas the human eye would naturally filter through this over a couple of minutes, quicker if in similar low levels of light for a while already.

Dr Sequeria said the square was dark but not so much that killer could not see what they were doing. This assessment was done after the door at Kearley & Tonge had been opened by George Morris, providing an extra source of light. If you are able to, is it possible to add this feature to see how far the extra light reaches into the square?

[Yabs]

Amazing stuff, Rich.

[BooksbyBJThompson]

I've uploaded a video of a walk around Mitre Square to try to demonstrate the available light and conditions in the square on the night of the murder. And the view that Watkins (and others) might have had when walking the vicinity of the square.
https://youtu.be/WutzuO2ssP0

Fannnntastic!

I started a new threat in this as I couldn't find your original post here. Your vid is a mic drop moment. The mystery of which PC was where, seeing what, is NOT a mystery. You practically had to trip over bodies to see them.

Great video!!!! Love it.

[richardh]

I've uploaded a video of a walk around Mitre Square to try to demonstrate the available light and conditions in the square on the night of the murder. And the view that Watkins (and others) might have had when walking the vicinity of the square.

https://youtu.be/WutzuO2ssP0