Observation and Inference

Observations:

• Lighting

  • Lighting is whiter and brighter in the right hand (RH) figure

  • Lighting is yellower and darker in the left hand (LH) figure

• Background

  • Wooden surface and white wall as background in RH figure

  • Yellow-white surface as background in LH figure

• Ruler type

  • Stainless steel ruler in RH figure

  • Blue plastic ruler in LH figure

• Natural differences

  • Egg colour and texture

  • Apple colour 

  • Pinecone staining and size

• Perspective

  • More of a frontal perspective in RH figure images relative to LH figure images

  • More of a top-down angle in LH figure images relative to RH figure images

• Labels

  • RH figure labels are smaller and don’t have parentheses

  • LH figure labels are larger and have parentheses. 

  • RH figure labels are aligned to top left corners of each image

  • LH figure labels are not aligned but vaguely placed in top left corners of each image

• Size

  • Lower right hand corner image in RH figure is squished relative to other images in the figure.

  • Lower right hand corner image in LH figure is not as squished as analog in RH figure but is on a smaller scale than the rest of the images in the figure. 

Inferences:

• Picture inferences

  • Different objects were probably used as the subjects between the RH and LH figure, accounting for the differences in their respective appearances. 

  • A different camera angle accounts for the difference in perspective. The RH figure camera was likely placed more frontal to the objects than in the LH figure. The LH figure camera was likely placed more above the objects than in the RH figure.

  • A different light accounts for the difference in lighting between each figure. 

  • Different rulers likely account for the differences in ruler appearance between each figure. 

  • Different rooms likely account for the differences in background. Rooms are made differently and this could account for the cream background in the LH figure versus the wood surface and white wall background in the RH figure.

• Layout inferences

  • The methods likely didn’t specify how the labels were made which plausibly explains why the labels are different between the RH and LH figure. Alternatively, the methods weren’t followed leading to different labels. 

  • A different picture orientation could account for the widthwise squishing observed between panel C in the LH figure relative to the RH figure. 

The lighting is whiter and brighter in the right hand (RH) figure images relative to the left hand (LH) figure images. The lighting in the LH figure images is yellower and dimmer. The lighting in the pictures of both figures shines downwards on the pictures’ subjects. The background in the RH figure is a wooden surface and a white wall whereas the background in the LH figure is a cream coloured surface. A stainless steel ruler is used for scale in the RH figure but a blue, plastic ruler is used for scale in the LH figure. There are some natural differences between the two figures. Between each figure, the egg colour and texture differ, the pinecone staining differs, and the apple colour differs slightly. The pictures in the RH figure had a more frontal perspective relative to the LH figure. Relative to the RH figure the LH figure pictures were taken from a more top-down perspective. The labels of the RH figure are smaller than the LH figure labels and lack the parentheses found in the LH figure labels. Additionally, the RH figure labels appear to be aligned in the top left corner of each image whereas the LH figure labels have been vaguely placed in the top left corner of each image. The lower right hand corner image in the RH figure is squished widthwise relative to the other images in the figure. The lower right hand corner image in the LH figure is not squished as the analog in the RH figure but is nonetheless on a smaller scale than the rest of the images in the LH figure.