TITLE: Patio Restaurant
NAME: Teddy Nishiyama
COUNTRY: Japan
EMAIL: tnishi@ari.ncl.omron.co.jp
TOPIC: Night
COPYRIGHT: I SUBMIT TO THE STANDARD RAYTRACING COMPETITION COPYRIGHT.
JPGFILE: patio.jpg
RENDERER USED: 
    POV-Ray for Windows 3.02

TOOLS USED: 
    Moray

RENDER TIME: 
    1d 18h 55m 4s

HARDWARE USED: 
    P5-166

IMAGE DESCRIPTION: 

View of an outside patio restaurant in the evening.
A fountain/pool in the middle of the patio, tables
placed around it and lit by gas lights.

DESCRIPTION OF HOW THIS IMAGE WAS CREATED: 

Most of the pieces were modeled individually, and then
copied and placed in a single scene.  Had a very tough
time with the bezier patch table cloth to try and get
it into a decent shape.  I also used bezier patches to
do the utensils, but unfortunately, the camera angle
doesn't show them from the best position.

My biggest mistake was making the camera look primarily
through the wine glass.  I started tracing the scene
with default properties including radiosity "on", and
after 4 full days and only less than 35% traced, I had
to give up on quality and retrace with radiosity off
and a number of other sacrifices so I could get this
in.  (I'm going on vacation starting tomorrow and so
I have to get this in today 4/23).

With these sacrifices, I still only had enough time for
a single trace, so I am in no way satisfied with this
image, but I hope you can see the image I tried to 
portray.

Oh, and if anyone can give me a clue as to why the 
supposedly round plate ended up with "corners" and
how to get rid of it, I'd really appreciate it.

Thanks.