"Cousin Ricky" <rickysttATyahooDOTcom> wrote:
> You may be right.  I just had a look at some diffuse metallic surfaces, and the
> effect I attributed to brilliance depends on viewing angle.  That is highly
> suggestive of a very broad highlight, rather than diffuse reflection.

You know, it's really, really difficult to find truly diffuse metallic objects.
There are plenty of objects with highly blurred reflection, but not blurred
enough for me to consider "diffuse."  The only satisfactory examples I can find
have no curved surfaces and are nailed to the wall.  It's hard to examine
reflective effects of such objects.

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