TITLE: Reflections
NAME: Nathan Kopp
COUNTRY: USA
EMAIL: nk80300@ltu.edu
WEBPAGE: http://www.grfn.org/~nkopp/pov/
TOPIC: Glass
COPYRIGHT: I SUBMIT TO THE STANDARD RAYTRACING COMPETITION COPYRIGHT.
JPGFILE: nkreflct.jpg
ZIPFILE: nkreflct.zip
RENDERER USED: Povray 3.0 for Windows
TOOLS USED: 
Paint Shop Pro, Moray 2.5, Blob Sculptor 1.0, 
            PTD_TREE, Programmer's File Editor

RENDER TIME: 7:00:29
HARDWARE USED: Pentium 75, 24Mb
IMAGE DESCRIPTION: 

Reflections.

Due to lack of a supercomputer, I decided to take some poetic justice
with this contest's topic.  ;)  To stay on topic, the subject of this
image is an old, battered window.  Too many things in ray-tracing look
perfect and brand new.  I purposely created a cracked and chipping paint
to remove this stereotype.

Inside the window is a desk, complete with a desk lamp, a day planner,
and various other items.

Outside in the cold winter weather, snow is falling gently, adding
to the already-accumulated layer on the ground.  If you look closely,
you can see the reflection of a frozen leafless tree on the window.

This image was originally intended to feature a man gazing out of the
window, deep in thought (providing double meaning for the title 
"Reflections").  Maybe in the future I'll have the time and ability
to model a good person to finish the image.


DESCRIPTION OF HOW THIS IMAGE WAS CREATED: 

This image was modelled with Moray 2.5.  The height fields for the
battered windowsill were created in Paint Shop Pro.  

Two scenes were created for this image: the inside and the outside.
The two scenes were prefected separately (to minimize testing time) 
and then merged together for the final rendering.

The individual objects are simple CSG objects, with the exception
of the desk lamp, which is a complex CSG object. ;)  The icicles
are blobs created with Blob Sculptor 1.0.  The shingles are made
up of a number of cylinders with a layered gradient texture.
Speaking of textures, some of the textures are heavily modified 
versions of the textures included in Moray, while the others
are original textures created just for this image.  I am especially
fond of the frosted glass texture.  The snow on the window sill
is an attenuating halo with turbulence.

In place of the image map for the outdoor background, I've included
the .POV and .INC files required to re-create the image.  The tree
is a modified version of Paul Dawson's tree INC file.