Light — Science & Magic, 6th Edition

130 METAL

6.23

The bottom of the

box nearly disappears

into the dark table.

The only way to

prevent this would be

to place the reflector

so that it touches the

front of the box.

the box is truly mirror-like, the line where the reector meets the table will

be visible and objectionable. Figure 6.23 shows the problem. We have le

the picture uncropped so that you can see the reector card.

Brightly polished metal boxes almost always exhibit this problem. Fortu-

nately, however, it is usually the only major problem; the remainder of this

section presents a collection of techniques for dealing with it. Pick the one

you need according to the circumstan ...