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Looking for goggles
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tcarey
Ski Diva Extraordinaire
www.oakley.com I really like the A frames
liquidfeet
Ski Diva Extraordinaire
I have pink goggles, amber goggles, something between pink and amber, and gray-blue goggles. But I've been wanting YELLOW goggles for a long time. Finally last spring I decided to go into a ski goggle store in North Conway and just buy whatever was really screaming YELLOW.
Got a pair, forgot to try them on my helmet, but thankfully they fit.
As an art teacher who teaches painting, I've noticed for a number of years that there is something special about the human brain's response to yellow. We are hardwired to pay more attention to yellow than to other colors for some reason. Or maybe there's no reason. But anyway, we do respond to yellow faster and more intensely than to other colors.
So Yellow lenses block the blue; we all know that. But what they also do is make the bright well-lit highlights look yellow, while they make the dark shadowed sides of bumps and nodules and cavities in the snow just look less blue. Our brains really pay attention to those well-lit yellow sides, while they ignore the dark shadows. Sooohw, yellow lenses effectively intensify the contrast between the lights and the darks.
Thus, the bumps show up more forcefully.
I love my yellow lenses. In any conditions. I feel empowered. The yellow does not effectively darken the whole scene. Icanseeformilesandmiles, and all the details show up in glorious yellow and black. I suppose I'll never go back to the other goggles.
Got a pair, forgot to try them on my helmet, but thankfully they fit.
As an art teacher who teaches painting, I've noticed for a number of years that there is something special about the human brain's response to yellow. We are hardwired to pay more attention to yellow than to other colors for some reason. Or maybe there's no reason. But anyway, we do respond to yellow faster and more intensely than to other colors.
So Yellow lenses block the blue; we all know that. But what they also do is make the bright well-lit highlights look yellow, while they make the dark shadowed sides of bumps and nodules and cavities in the snow just look less blue. Our brains really pay attention to those well-lit yellow sides, while they ignore the dark shadows. Sooohw, yellow lenses effectively intensify the contrast between the lights and the darks.
Thus, the bumps show up more forcefully.
I love my yellow lenses. In any conditions. I feel empowered. The yellow does not effectively darken the whole scene. Icanseeformilesandmiles, and all the details show up in glorious yellow and black. I suppose I'll never go back to the other goggles.
Wow, Liquidfeet, I love your insight into yellow lenses!
I always had yellow lenses until last year, when they became so unbelievably scratched that I had to make an emergency stop in the ski area's ski shop and pick up whatever they had available.
Got lucky, I guess. The manager suggested I try these new purple lenses, and WOW! I couldn't believe my eyes! Everything was sharp, sharp, sharp! They're terrific in both bright light and on gray, gray days when there's very little definition on the slopes.
I can't think what brand they are right now -- they're in Vermont and I'm in PA -- but they also don't fog, which is good.
By the way, I'm looking for a good pair of non-fogging prescription goggles for my husband (for his birthday). If anyone has any suggestions, I'd love to hear 'em!
I always had yellow lenses until last year, when they became so unbelievably scratched that I had to make an emergency stop in the ski area's ski shop and pick up whatever they had available.
Got lucky, I guess. The manager suggested I try these new purple lenses, and WOW! I couldn't believe my eyes! Everything was sharp, sharp, sharp! They're terrific in both bright light and on gray, gray days when there's very little definition on the slopes.
I can't think what brand they are right now -- they're in Vermont and I'm in PA -- but they also don't fog, which is good.
By the way, I'm looking for a good pair of non-fogging prescription goggles for my husband (for his birthday). If anyone has any suggestions, I'd love to hear 'em!
I recommend Oakleys as well. I've had mine for quite sometime and they are great (no fogging, nice fit, yellow lense).
Tip: Us girls usually have a smaller head/face than the boys...all the goggles I tried on made me look like a bug as they were huge. I wear 'young adult' goggles and they fit beautifully!
Tip: Us girls usually have a smaller head/face than the boys...all the goggles I tried on made me look like a bug as they were huge. I wear 'young adult' goggles and they fit beautifully!
