At what distance can you be seen through a window?
I know that light decreases with the square of the distance, so if you are 4-5m away from the window, you can't be seen, right?
I bought a new apartment and moved in. I love it, it's spacious and 200 yo, in an area which is included by UNESCO on the list of world patrimony. High ceilings, lots of mouldings, three reception rooms and 2.6 m high windows. Spent half a year with its renovation but now I'm finally in. But the curtain, which will also be in the old style, will only be ready sometime in late October. And on the day side I have neighbours just across a small one-way street, so little over 10m away.
I am not used to paying much attention to being clothed in my own house. In my previous place, I had neighbours more than 50m away and I had thin curtains. Ok, there was one guy who had binoculars and seemed to know the time when I would open the windows in the morning because he was almost always there. Ok, a second one in the building next to mine, but it's not a big window and I would open the shades very rarely, when we want to take some pics in the sun - the afternoon sun through that window is absolutely magnificent, you might remember pics of me dancing nude against a white wall and kissed by blonde sunrays. We did it a lot during lockdown, but this summer we only opened those shades once.
My morning routine (at least when I am alone or wake up before D) is: open all windows, shower, close windows, make coffee and read or write something for 30 min while drinking coffee (double espresso macchiato). When this group was active you might remember my daily posts. You will be disappointed, but I don't sleep naked except when it's very hot. I usually wear the tiniest, most see-through and sexiest night gown you may imagine but honestly you have to squint to see it's there. I posted pics in a couple of my night gowns, for those who remember.
So in the first couple of days I was sleepy and unused to having neighbours so close and I opened the windows like this and likely gave an eyeful to those who happened to look. But since I'm grabbing a piece of cloth and keep it in front of me when opening the windows, to hide my main bits. I'm not shy and I don't think people would call the police, but I also don't want to shock or offend anyone.
But after shower I do make and drink my coffee in the nude. My couch is across the room, a bit over 5 m from the window. The seat, around 4 m away. Can neighbours see me at this distance through the closed window? Should I start to cover myself in these privileges moments when I'm enjoying my reading and writing?
Today it's a bit over 7 in the morning, I woked up earlier than usual for some reason and I'm drinking my coffee in the nude on my sofa and wonder if 'neighbours can see me through the curtainless windows. Hope not. I wouldn't like to change my morning routine for the month I don't have curtains installed. All my neighbours have thin curtains so I can't see anything in their rooms but in the couple of cases where the windows were pulled away I didn't seem to be able to see very far inside.
So how far from the window do you think they can see me and should I start to cover myself?
It's nice to encounter you in these parts again, Flora!
Obviously you have been preoccupied with renovations and moving, even if you did have the desire to tap out your thoughts for our eyes...
As to your window dilemma, I would expect it's relative light that makes the greatest difference as opposed to distance to the window unless the glass matches the age of your apartment and reflects(!) the manufacturing standards of the time, with commensurate levels of obfuscation. However, that effect is certainly less prominent once you get closer to the glass and the transmitted light also begins to illuminate yourself. Assuming it is lighter outside, I suspect it would be movement that might catch the eye of any observer as, like all animals, movement indicates something that may need one's attention whether as a danger or a curiosity.
All very well white relaxing on your couch with movement limited to lifting your coffee cup to your lips, but you have to reach the couch first...
You may go unnoticed unless someone if already gazing in your direction, but that big inviting window (of a newly-renovated home with newly-arrived occupants), especially with the relative shade you enjoy when it's sunny outside. (You're not also turning on you lights, I presume?) But it may also depend on the specifics of the location and orientation of you home and others' vantage points...
Perhaps you just move quickly into position and the stay still to minimise the chance of attracting attention, or perhaps you just boldly accept there's a small chance of being seen but Casey on regardless. Or perhaps you convince D to go out and survey the situation from a suitable vantage point.
I'm sure we here would all prefer you try the bold "Ke sera sera" approach, but ultimately it shall be up to you. And that's before you consider if the approaching dark winter is coming faster than those new curtains and you get to the point where you switch on the lights...
Oh its so nice to see your name on a subject again. And to see the best group ever. ENL
Wow, would love to hear about the new home. How old ?
Any history behind it ?
As for windows theres the old stand by with newspaper. Lol. For Marie and I we got lucky with our newer home with more distance between homes. We havent had to put curtains on the windows. Love the sunshine coming through the windows. Now the front of the house here has a lot of windows. But at night we dont really go into those two main rooms. Luckily for us we can walk to the side of the main living room. But during the day we face north and the inside of the living room doesnt get much sunlight shining in. So from the street and neighborhood you get to much reflection. Looking from light to darkness is hard to see in. Like a cave or warehouse without lights. Now if we did turn lights on during the day time might be different.
Good luck with the new home and your new neighbors.
Where you live and hope neighbourly relations okay out can vary greatly! I've never sought to broach the subject with neighbours, and I don't think they'd be that receptive, so I limit the areas of the garden I use when nude. New neighbours are set to move in on one side soon, so I'll assess if they're possibly open to what they see over the side fence. Our front is open and facing the bowl of a court; too open to be nude in my opinion.
We have a special screen designed to block the heat on the windows that get the full rays of the sun. But they also block the light to the extent that when there are birds that we want to get a clearer look at with binoculars that we have to go to a window without this special screen. Viewed from the outside, it is difficult to see inside more than vague figures. I close the curtains on most of the windows when I want to exercise in the nude, but we dont even have curtains on the windows with the special screens. We installed these so long ago I do not remember what they are even called or the brand.
From the street you can't see anything inside - but it's an upward angle against the light. And of course if the light is on I try to wear something. But now at 7 am it's still dark and I think the light from the tablet may reveal me - I am now sure that there is regularly someone behind the curtain in the apartment just opposite mine. Maybe he is admiring the building, it's 150 yo. Well, they all are about this age in the neighbourhood. And if he is at his post every morning maybe he is not too upset of seeing a naked woman with her coffee and tablet on her couch 5m away from the window.
The glow of a tablet screen might be enough to make a difference in the early light and create a wonderful visual effect in the process! (If you're considering subject matter for the gallery...)
As to whether you have a secret admirer: well, your audience here would certainly understand his curiosity. But, what to do? Pretend the fourth wall is there and you can't be seen? Give home a subtle smile if you catch him and know he's been noticed, but that's okay? Give him more of a show on the day when the curtains are installed? So many options!
First & foremost, good to see you posting again; your thoughts have been greatly missed. As to the light, I suspect that a beautiful lady inhabiting a nearby apartment would create some degree of interest & may warrant a little extra care but the question is obviously how much? The idea of D doing an outside view test is the way to start and adjust from there. Im also with Jim-Marie on the house; I enjoy the style, workmanship and history of older homes. Theyre so much more interesting than our current cookie cutter style. Please keep us updated on your progress.
As said, looking up from the street you see nothing as the window reflects the light. But Vero made me ess self conscious, she dropped by and of course she popped her dress of to pose on and with my marble chimney (the big one, i'actually have two). That was less than three meters away from the window and the sky was covered so the reflection in the window must be quite limited. She also posed on and by the window but I insisted that she wears at least the tiniest something - she got a very see-through veil and a couple of ridiculously sexy garments from my stock, which replenishes every month or so from some cheap Chinese website (I do also have very elegant little sexy things, but not as numerous and bought by me).
Her take was "if they don't like it, they shouldn't look, but what's there not to like?". So I relaxed a bit, especially that it's cold outside already so I will only be naked when walking around but when on my couch I will cover. And anyway, that's a few minutes a day in the morning, after my evening shower I make sure I turn the light off before walking around.
But a second guy greeted me in the street and said he was a neighbour across, that we had renovated very nicely the apartment, that he had lived in his apartment since birth etc. But the windows were open during the renovation and most people know each other in the neighbourhood so I can't say whether or not the reason for his big smile was that he could see me naked.
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