SINCE OBJECT WINDOW MASKING WORKS SO WELL, WHATS THE EFFECT OF MASKING PARTS OF THE MIRRORS?
The effect is almost always bad. Areas of the image are cut off by dark areas extending three dimensionally toward the viewer. I find myself invariably trying to look around the corners of these barriers to see what I’m missing. Here are two examples where the effect of mirror masking wasn’t too negative: ……………………………………………….. The kaleidoscope on the left had the inside inch masked off along the long axis. Viewed on end it looked terrible but at a lower angle it presented a somewhat more interesting 3D effect suggesting a column. The kaleidoscope on the right had a thin curved mask applied to the bottom of the mirrors. It reminds me of a spider. WHAT EFFECT DOES REMOVING AREAS OF THE MIRROR’S SILVERING HAVE SO THAT LIGHT CAN SHINE THROUGH? Viewed along the kaleidoscope’s axis there was very little effect, at least in a nontapered, two mirror system. Viewed from a lower angle the openings weakly suggested lighted discs floating in space over the mandal
