Light — Science & Magic, 6th Edition

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card would also illuminate the gobo brightly. e gobo would behave more

like a reector than a light-blocking device, even though it might be black.

Because that black gobo would absorb some photons and reect others, it

would not be a good way to demonstrate either bright-metal or dark-metal

lighting. However, it might be the most pleasing compromise of all.

The Elegant Compromise

We almost never use the bright-metal or the dark-metal lighting techniques

by themselves. More oen, we prefer a combination of the two—a compro-

mise between the extremes.

Figure 6.12 (overleaf) is a compromise. It was made with light lling the

family of angles that produces direct reection from the metal plus illumi-

nation from other angles to produce ...