Punta Arenas is a city of colorful tin roofs, and to capture their essence, I originally planned to find colors with the most startling contrast. This green and pink building, now a museum, seemed to offer a prefect subject, but not in the way I had first thought. The contrast here is not between the colors. Rather, it is caused by the interplay of light and shadow on those colors. This image powerfully underscores the effect of light on color. There is ample use of pink on this building, not only on the roofs but on the trim as well. Yet when seen in deep shadow, this vibrant color loses it’s energy and merges quietly into the green siding. The two pink roofs, however, are splashed with sunlight, creating striking highlights that dominate the image and tell the story.