TITLE: Land of the Rising Sun
NAME: Caleb Hattingh
COUNTRY: South Africa
EMAIL: caleb@chemeng.uct.ac.za
TOPIC: Imaginary Worlds
COPYRIGHT: I SUBMIT TO THE STANDARD RAYTRACING COMPETITION COPYRIGHT.
JPGFILE: peak.jpg
RENDERER USED: 
    POVray for win 3.1

TOOLS USED: 
    Moray for win 3.1, Spatch, Paint Shop Pro 5

RENDER TIME: 
    30 minutes

HARDWARE USED: 
    Celeron 300

IMAGE DESCRIPTION: 
    The image is a depiction of an imaginary
world filled with monsters and castles, and far off mountains, 
with a magical sunrise to set the scene alight . 

DESCRIPTION OF HOW THIS IMAGE WAS CREATED: 

Spatch used to make the balloons, winch, seasnake, whale tails.  
Moray used for everything else, including the castle (which is 
much more detailed than you can really see - I did the castle
first, not knowing how far off it would be).
The splashes around the whales are simply cones with a clever 
texture.  I really like the effect.  The heightfields were
greyscale images created in PSP.
The balloons engine is TOO detailed - i got carried away. If
somebody wants the moray mdl you can mail me.
Finally, I have come to realise how much volume fog gives to 
a scene. I think I will be using fog a lot more from now on.
My favourite spot in the scene is where the (foggy) sunlight 
reflection comes through between the seasnake's tail bumps.
To all competitors, the best of luck !

Thanks
Caleb Hattingh