In the late afternoon if the light is right, the shadow of the arch falls across the dam itself.
But if the light is right and the car wears dark paint, it looks rich, which is probably the point.
"If the light is right you see rainbows in the plastic fabric on my new furniture," said Andree Putman.
There are moments, if the artificial light is right, when it seems the picnic tables of Times Square have been there forever.
With thread and a box of nails Ry Rocklen transforms an abandoned box spring into a bejeweled thing, iridescent if the light is right.
And yet, if the light is right, with a nice glass of Cloudy Bay in hand, Rob's club soda will look like the old gin and tonics he used to drink.
When the light is right, it is nearly impossible to tell which lines are stems and which reflections, so the surface of the picture is scribbled over with little mathematical puzzles and irregular geometric forms.
The Siesta has no need to refer to a painting of Venice in a gilt frame; everything it needs in the way of architecture, ornamentation and light is right there in the room.
This week, if the light is right, C-Span viewers may experience the same reaction that Cooper had as he sat upon the mount, watching the wilderness around him disappear.
It is hidden behind a gauzy haze of construction netting, but when the light is right the elaborate soft-grained marble facade offers an idea of what the firm's contemporaneous Madison Square Garden must have looked like: mottled yellow Roman brick and intricate Pac-Man-like confectionary surrounds about the windows.
If the light is right, what we see as a black plastic bag can look like an inviting pool of water to a dragonfly.
