TITLE: Cat Fishing NAME: Teri Hoskins COUNTRY: USA EMAIL: isokesa@yahoo.com TOPIC: Insects and Spiders COPYRIGHT: I SUBMIT TO THE STANDARD RAYTRACING COMPETITION COPYRIGHT. JPGFILE: catfishi.jpg RENDERER USED: Povray 3.1 TOOLS USED: Amapi, Poser4, Gimp, Terregen RENDER TIME: 18 minutes, 38 seconds HARDWARE USED: Pentium II IMAGE DESCRIPTION: I used to have a "pet" cat spider and when this topic came up I thought I would try to recreate the scene I saw looking out my sliding glass window at her. I ended up using some creative license because the wheat fields that really lay outside are a little boring, so I moved my friend to a more appealing location. DESCRIPTION OF HOW THIS IMAGE WAS CREATED: This is my first real effort using macro's and height fields. I usually stay indoors where things are easier and can mostly be made of boxes :) I made the ground with Terregen. The spider web is a height field I made using a picture of a real spider web. The spider was modelled in Amapi. Its the only modeller I have any luck with. I used Gilles Trans' Maketree macro to make the trees. I have to admit to being dense when it comes to macros but for this one I managed to figure it out. (Yeah!!! I can finally make trees :) I spent a few weeks agonizing over the atmosphere and the lighting. Being outside is such a challenge...I finally gave it up. I haven't got a clue how to make it more realistic looking. I'd love to have feedback on this scene, especially on the how-to's.