‘working by candlelight would have provided Antoine a focused, well-lit environment for the delicate dissection of two seedlings’

I think the author needs to try using a candle for light.

To modern ears it seems dim, but to contemporary ears it would be very bright compared to normal nighttime!

dylan604 3 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Candlelight doesn't mean a single solitary candle. As an example, here's the famous scene Kubrik's Barry Lyndon: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YQE73GDo4So

Yet this is an infamously dimly-lit scene.

	▲	artimaeis 2 hours ago \| parent [-]
		For a camera exposing onto Kodak 5254, probably the fastest available in 1975, blazing ISO 100 film stock. Yeah it’s dim for that. To your eyes as I understand it’s pretty well lit.

behringer an hour ago | parent | prev [-]

Often a sign of AI writing.