diff --git a/packages/polycss/src/api/createPolyScene.test.ts b/packages/polycss/src/api/createPolyScene.test.ts
index 486679a3..2237f19c 100644
--- a/packages/polycss/src/api/createPolyScene.test.ts
+++ b/packages/polycss/src/api/createPolyScene.test.ts
@@ -2165,6 +2165,32 @@ describe("createPolyScene", () => {
       expect((d.match(/Z/g) || []).length).toBe(1);
     });
 
+    it("clips low-angle ground shadow path coordinates to the capped SVG box", () => {
+      scene = makeScene(host, {
+        textureLighting: "baked",
+        directionalLight: { direction: [1, 0, 0.01] },
+        shadow: { maxExtend: 20 },
+      });
+      scene.add(makeParseResult([sideTriangle()]), { castShadow: true, merge: false });
+
+      const shadow = host.querySelector(".polycss-shadow") as SVGSVGElement;
+      const width = Number(shadow.getAttribute("width"));
+      const height = Number(shadow.getAttribute("height"));
+      const d = shadow.querySelector("path")?.getAttribute("d") ?? "";
+      const values = (d.match(/-?\d+(?:\.\d+)?/g) ?? []).map(Number);
+
+      expect(width).toBeGreaterThan(0);
+      expect(width).toBeLessThanOrEqual(40);
+      expect(height).toBeGreaterThan(0);
+      expect(values.length).toBeGreaterThan(0);
+      for (let i = 0; i < values.length; i += 2) {
+        expect(values[i]).toBeGreaterThanOrEqual(-0.001);
+        expect(values[i]).toBeLessThanOrEqual(width + 0.001);
+        expect(values[i + 1]).toBeGreaterThanOrEqual(-0.001);
+        expect(values[i + 1]).toBeLessThanOrEqual(height + 0.001);
+      }
+    });
+
     it("baked mode projects every polygon (no Lambert cull) so thin/open meshes don't get silhouette holes", () => {
       // backTriangle has its surface normal pointing AWAY from the
       // default light. We deliberately do NOT cull these by Lambert
diff --git a/packages/polycss/src/api/createPolyScene.ts b/packages/polycss/src/api/createPolyScene.ts
index aac9f36f..aceb9d4a 100644
--- a/packages/polycss/src/api/createPolyScene.ts
+++ b/packages/polycss/src/api/createPolyScene.ts
@@ -1759,15 +1759,24 @@ export function createPolyScene(
     const height = by1 - by0;
     if (!(width > 0) || !(height > 0)) return false;
 
+    const clipBounds: Array<[number, number]> = [
+      [bx0, by0],
+      [bx1, by0],
+      [bx1, by1],
+      [bx0, by1],
+    ];
     let d = "";
     for (const verts of polyProjections) {
-      const ccw = ensureCcw2D(verts);
+      const clipped = clipPolygonToConvex2D(ensureCcw2D(verts), clipBounds);
+      if (clipped.length < 3) continue;
+      const ccw = ensureCcw2D(clipped);
       d += `M${(ccw[0]![0] - bx0).toFixed(3)},${(ccw[0]![1] - by0).toFixed(3)}`;
       for (let i = 1; i < ccw.length; i++) {
         d += `L${(ccw[i]![0] - bx0).toFixed(3)},${(ccw[i]![1] - by0).toFixed(3)}`;
       }
       d += "Z";
     }
+    if (!d) return false;
     // (No receiver-footprint subtraction.) The earlier "cut every
     // receiver's hull as a CW hole" approach broke fill-rule=nonzero
     // wherever a receiver overlapped the caster's silhouette: a CCW
diff --git a/website/src/components/GalleryWorkbench/GalleryWorkbench.tsx b/website/src/components/GalleryWorkbench/GalleryWorkbench.tsx
index 41940768..220ff3e8 100644
--- a/website/src/components/GalleryWorkbench/GalleryWorkbench.tsx
+++ b/website/src/components/GalleryWorkbench/GalleryWorkbench.tsx
@@ -164,6 +164,8 @@ const LIGHT_HELPER_SELECTOR = ".dn-light-helper";
 const RESPONSIVE_ZOOM_BREAKPOINT = 900;
 const RESPONSIVE_ZOOM_BOTTOM_RESERVE = 72;
 const RESPONSIVE_ZOOM_MIN_SCALE = 0.42;
+const RESPONSIVE_SHADOW_EXTEND_BASE = 1600;
+const RESPONSIVE_SHADOW_EXTEND_MIN = 600;
 
 function clamp(value: number, min: number, max: number): number {
   if (!Number.isFinite(value)) return min;
@@ -184,6 +186,15 @@ function responsiveZoomScaleForViewport(width: number, height: number): number {
   return clamp(Math.min(widthScale, heightScale), RESPONSIVE_ZOOM_MIN_SCALE, 1);
 }
 
+function responsiveShadowMaxExtend(value: number, viewportScale: number): number {
+  if (viewportScale >= 0.995) return value;
+  const cap = Math.max(
+    RESPONSIVE_SHADOW_EXTEND_MIN,
+    Math.round(RESPONSIVE_SHADOW_EXTEND_BASE * viewportScale),
+  );
+  return Math.min(value, cap);
+}
+
 function initialResponsiveZoomScale(): number {
   if (typeof window === "undefined") return 1;
   return responsiveZoomScaleForViewport(window.innerWidth, window.innerHeight);
@@ -806,10 +817,12 @@ export default function GalleryWorkbench() {
   const { handleCameraChange } = useGuiCameraSync({ setSceneOptions });
   const responsiveZoomScale = useResponsiveViewportZoomScale(viewportRef);
   const renderSceneOptions = useMemo<SceneOptionsState>(() => {
-    if (responsiveZoomScale === 1) return sceneOptions;
+    const shadowMaxExtend = responsiveShadowMaxExtend(sceneOptions.shadowMaxExtend, responsiveZoomScale);
+    if (responsiveZoomScale === 1 && shadowMaxExtend === sceneOptions.shadowMaxExtend) return sceneOptions;
     return {
       ...sceneOptions,
       zoom: sceneOptions.zoom * responsiveZoomScale,
+      shadowMaxExtend,
     };
   }, [sceneOptions, responsiveZoomScale]);
   const handleRenderCameraChange = useCallback(