===== From sshaw@fas.harvard.edu: I don't know if it was intended in your design, but I like the idea of a computer ray tracing program making a picture of the distant ancester of that computer. I didn't find plans for an analytic engine detailed enough, or pictures good enough, to tell if this is a true recreation or not; in either case, you get points for keeping straight all of the parts in this complex model. I would be happier with it, artistically, if you had used more textures and colors in the model. Having the entire piece a uniform metal, as if it had been poured in a single mold, is a bit tough on the eyes. ===== From sammy@cube.net: You could have submitted it to the 'gadgets and Odd devices' round also :) nice complicated design! ===== From Martin.Magnusson.7121@student.uu.se: Good modelling, good wood texture. Nothin much is happening in the scene though. ===== From jerry@hoboes.com: You left out one very important piece of information: is your analytical engine Babbage's actual design? That would be a very cool and useful piece of work if it were! (I'd rather see it in the animation round :*) Nice detail regardless. ===== From gregj56590@aol.com: Appropriate theme. Isn't the inner workings more complicated (diverse)? The middle portion doesn't match my memory. ===== From jull43@ij.net: My first thought on seeing the image was that it was some kind of Rube Goldberg going to crawl across the table. Maybe a frame to avoid that first impression? ===== From bsieker@techfak.uni-bielefeld.de: This is quite a winner in my opinion. Very nice idea, outs modelling, and very good camera position and lighting. What spoils the image is the fact that you used a far too low JPEG quality setting, that smears all the fine details with quite prominent 'swirly' artifacts. Given that you use only a quarter of the allowed size, I suggest you re-read the manual of you conversion software on how to achieve a higher quality. As to the reflective ceiling and walls: POVray does not calculate specular interreflections so these do _not_ cast light back to the scene. They do however provide for more interesting reflections in the shiny parts of the machinery. ===== From gmccarter@hotmail.com: Remarkably realistic, but lacks a sense of scale: it the analytical engine tabletop-sized, or is it as big as a automobile? ===== From davidwilkinson@cwcom.net: Love the mechanics! ===== From ethelm@bigfoot.com: Excellent image. The lighting is particularly well done. ===== From 101741.541@compuserve.com: Impressive modelling; good lighting, too, and the radiosity really adds something. ===== From bobfranke@halcyon.com: Very interesting method for lighting. It would be interesting to compare to a version with the radiosity turned off. I would have just used some area lights with some ambient light to soften the background shadows. ===== From r@pluto.icom-solutions.com: Notable for modelling ===== From r@dialup81-1-37.swipnet.se: Notable for modelling ===== From r@98cab144.ipt.aol.com: Outstanding image you got here. Especially suitable for this particular kind of competition, in which we are all using computers. Looks like you went a little heavy on the jpeg compression, though. Notable for modelling, originality, composition, lighting