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light from striking the windows. The actual point (or points) of reflection would be the floor well below the
table top. Any light that struck the floor would either reflect against the underside of the table, or, would
be further diffused by the light already in the space between the strobes. In either event, there would be no
reflection in the windows. Remember, light reflects at the compliment of the angle with which it strikes an
object, even when that object is glass. A reflection will occur when reflected light strikes glass at 90 degrees,
even if the glass is transparent and not a mirror. By diffusing the light we minimized the possibility that a
reflection would occur. Whatever light struck the glass at 90 degrees was not intense and cohesive enough to
create a reflection.

One more comment: We could see the reflection of the strobes because light was striking the windows, com-
ing back across the room and striking the white diffuser panels. This in turn pushed an image of the diffuser
panel back to the window. The reflection of the diffuser panel couldn't go through the window and as a result
it created a reflection. By placing these strobes so that the white surfaces were facing each other, we assured
that the diffuser panels would not face the windows. A reflection wasn't possible.

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