Shadow 16 Rule?

[P3D Bill Davis <bd3d@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

George G. wrote:
>1/100   f16      0      Sunny and bright, your shadow half your height
>1/100   f11     -1      Sunny and bright, your shadow same as your height
>1/100   f8      -2      Sunny and bright, your shadow twice your height
>
>This is often given according to time of day, but then the season has
>to be factored in, which gets complicated.
>

Complicated isn't the word.  This rule doesn't work at all for me! 

No matter what lighting conditions, time of day or time of season, every
single time I lay down to check my shadow's height I find it's *exactly*
the same height as I am! I can never get my exposures right.

I figure this must be due to where I live, apparently some sort of cosmic
nodal point wherein the normal rules of shadow don't apply.  I think I'll
call the Planetarium.

Bill Davis
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