[Polarik]

Basic physics says that it can be done without modifying the image or flattening the other parts of the seal. Since light travels in a straight line, if that portion of the seal is at slightly greater angle as the incoming light then only the outer ring will be illuminated because the outer ring will block the light from hitting anything inside the ring.

If you look at photo 6 you can see that the outer ring is actually made up of two rings and that pieces of the inner ring are being illuminated by light hitting them that’s coming between the spaces of the outer ring.
Because the birth certificate wasn’t being held down by someone’s thumb in photo 5 the light came in at a higher angle and allowed all the parts of top part of the seal to be illuminated. I don’t see anything unusual at all.

Of course you don't, because what you said is total nonsense. I've dealt with your nonsense before, but no more.

[Trallfaz]

polarik wrote:

“Of course you don’t, because what you said is total nonsense. I’ve dealt with your nonsense before, but no more.”

How is basic physics “total nonsense”? Anyone can demonstrate this for themself.

Just take two identical round pencils and lay them side by side on a desk or a table. STand so you can look straight down on the pencils and then take a flashlight and shine it on the pencils at about a 45 degree angle. You can see the tops of both pencils are highlighted by the light. Then gradually decrease the angle from 45 degrees and you’ll see there comes a point where only the top of one pencil is highlighted and the other is not. Also it doesn’t take much of a change in the angle to go from having the tops of both pencils highlighted to just the top of one pencil highlighted.