Entry for the Shadow Contest/SMASh: Bigger is better

Words
285
Reading
2 min
3y
Listen to this post
~2 min

An animated film has been replayed on TV for a few days now "Sofia the first" in which Darcy Rose Byrnes, sings "Bigger is better: Because bigger is better And biggest is best!..."

What can I say, that melody and the words of the song got into my head.

So I thought it would be great if I could find a giant shadow.
And when and what can make a giant shadow?
Something big when it's a sunny day.
I took my mobile phone to take pictures and headed to the neighborhood, because I remembered three tall solitaires in the neighborhood.
These are Rudo solitaires, known as the eastern gate of Belgrade
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eastern_City_Gate
They sure cast big shadows.

20231006_173108.jpg

I walked to the base of the building and realized that the shadow was so large that there was no possibility of photographing it from the ground.
Since it is not possible exit to the roof of the building and I don't have any of my friends who live on one of the higher floors (to climb and take a picture of the shadow from a height), I only took one picture of the shadow...

20230923_140253.jpg

One picture, everything is a shadow.

Still, maybe bigger isn't better?
Next to three huge solitaires, a tall chimney came into my frame. Maybe higher is better?

20231006_173115.jpg

I walked around to the other side of the chimney (of a nearby heating station) and found what I was looking for.
A full size shade.
Looks really grand.

20230923_135940.jpg

Next time I will look for some small, miniature shadow, to compare which one is really better.
Is bigger better or tiny can be great?