EMAIL: neil.campbell@brook.xg.com
NAME: Neil Campbell
TOPIC: Summer
COPYRIGHT: I SUBMIT TO THE STANDARD RAYTRACING COMPETITION COPYRIGHT.
RENDERER USED: Povray v3.0 (re-compiled, optimized for an Ultra Sparc)
TOOLS USED: LParser, Moray v2.0
RENDER TIME: 9 min. 36 sec.
HARDWARE USED: Sun Microsystems Ultra Sparc (?)

IMAGE DESCRIPTION:

When I though of what I could trace for Summer, I almost immediately thought 
about my backyard, and how I would love to spend my entire summer sitting in 
the shade with a nice book.  So that's what I've (tried) to create.

The image's backyard itself is fictional -- mostly a combination of backyards 
I have known.  If I hadn't been working all summer, I might have just had a 
chance to act out my daydream... but then I wouldn't have had the use of an 
Ultra Sparc to trace this at the last minute with! :)

DESCRIPTION OF HOW THIS IMAGE WAS CREATED:

This image was almost entirely modelled using Moray (i.e. I used Lparser for 
the plant and made a few modifications through DOS).  It has been my first 
'real' attempt at a whole scene from scratch using Moray (and I think I 
needed more time to work on it :) ).  The objects were, for the most part, 
modelled seperately and then merged together.  I modelled all the objects off 
of real objects, and then modified or redisigned them to my liking.  The 
textures in this picture are either modifications of standard included Povray 
textures, or unique creations of my own.  All objects are also of my own 
creation.

I'm sorry that I haven't had a chance to give a more detailed description, or
to include my source, but I've almost run out of time for this contest 
period.  As this is my first entry, then I hope you'll understand.  If you 
have any questions about how I did something, then please feel free to e-mail 
me at:  ncampbel@lri.stjosephs.london.on.ca (work), or
neil.campbell@brook.xg.com
(home).