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Finalising data collection  After I had received 125 responses I decided to stop the data collection this would be more than enough to run statistical analysis. I first had to rerun the Cronbach’s Alpha reliability tests to see whether the elements that I had identified was still significant and if there had been any changes in the level of significance.  I decided not to run the test for the elements that gave a reliability score of less than 0.500 as this factor would not be contributing to atmosphere.  The results are as follows (first I identify the objective element next is a list of the photographs that exhibit their element and finally its reliability score): Subject Person 2,5,15,16,17 0.694 Particles 5,8,11,12,13,14,15 0.746 High contrast 1,2,5,7,8,12,13,14,15,18 0.798 Low key images 5,12,13,14,15,18 0.730 depicts outside 1,2,5,6,7,8,9,11,13,17 0.744 Elements obscured 1,12,13,15,18 0.644 Burnt out highlights 1,2,4,7,13,15,18 0.736 Specular highlights 2,4,12,13,14 0.635 Light s

 The following is a my interpretation of Peter Zumthors book Atmosphere and how it applies to the realm of photography.  Architecture and the built environment affects more of our senses than an image can each space we enter we feel, smell, perceive temperature air pressure that all change the way that the atmosphere is interpreted.  My reading of this work focuses on the visual aspect. Perception of atmosphere is being able to assess a safe space has been a necessary evolutionary development to ensure survival. The enclosed environment provides protections from capricious nature, a place to rest, develop, grow and not always be on one’s guard.  “an incredible sense of place. An unbelievable feeling of concentration when we suddenly become aware of being enclosed, of something enveloping us, keeping us together holding us”  (ibid pp46) Though modern built environments do not require a survival assessment evolution moves slower than technology, spaces are still judged for friendliness,