Robert_Ripley opened this issue on Nov 28, 2007 · 13 posts
bikermouse posted Thu, 29 November 2007 at 8:00 AM
(Quote) "...but can't do reflectivity (bounce light)..."(/Quote) yes, that's what I meant. Some really neat stuff can be done with mirrors,lenses and the right camera position though. (try putting the camera inside a lense or near a lense for example). I suspect alot of the above pict is faked ie the angles of incidence and coincidence are actually two beams of light rather than 1. although if you look closely you'll see some use of mirrors too.
remember when faking the angles of incidence(striking the mirror) and coincidence(bounce) should be equal normal to the plane of the mirror. That's part of Snell's law which applies even in refraction once the critical angle is reached. (I actually remember this from optical minerology but couldn't find a reference to this part in google.)