available light
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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As is their style, the Dardennes capture all of this with frank realism that relies heavily on available light, hand-held cameras, location shoots, and actors who look like real people.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 8, 2026
In this regard, rhythms are especially important in their lives: temperature, available light and food, and various other factors change throughout the day, and the organisms have to respond accordingly.
From Science Daily • Apr. 15, 2024
She’s introduced in motion and in close-up, during a hallway scuffle shot in a documentary-like style with handheld camera, available light and jumpy editing.
From Washington Post • Mar. 20, 2023
She turns her men and women around and around in appraisal, allowing the available light to alternately flatter and roast them.
From New York Times • Mar. 13, 2023
The same could not have been said thirty years ago, when candles were, or recently had been, the cheapest available light for domestic use.
From Theory of the Leisure Class by Veblen, Thorstein
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