TITLE: encounter of the fourth kind...
NAME: Claude GUILLEMOT
COUNTRY: France
EMAIL: cguille@easynet.fr
WEBPAGE: http://perso.easynet.fr/~cguille
TOPIC: First encounter
COPYRIGHT: I SUBMIT TO THE STANDARD RAYTRACING COMPETITION COPYRIGHT.
JPGFILE: greeting.jpg
RENDERER USED: 
    Pov-ray 3.1

TOOLS USED: 
    Pov-ray 3.1. Photoshop 2.0 for heightfields

RENDER TIME: 
    36 hours

HARDWARE USED: 
    PowerMac 7200/75


IMAGE DESCRIPTION: 

the first encounter between a myth ( the little green martians) and the earthly
reality...


DESCRIPTION OF HOW THIS IMAGE WAS CREATED: 

All the components of the picture were written directly on POV3, without any
modeller.
I used Photoshop to create  heightfields and image-maps for the ground and the
background.
I used "sheresweep object" to create some parts of the ants and the arms of the
martian.
I added grass and ferns (from my participation to the "nature" topic) ,with a
very big scale,
to be reflected by the flying saucer.    
Be indulgent for my jargon and thanks for your votes and comments.