TITLE: Capitol Building, Atlanta, Georgia
NAME: Raymond A. Salvatore
COUNTRY: USA
EMAIL: bonsalva@bellsouth.net
TOPIC: Landmarks
COPYRIGHT: I SUBMIT TO THE STANDARD RAYTRACING COMPETITION COPYRIGHT.
JPGFILE: rascapit.jpg
RENDERER USED: 
    Raydream Studio 5 raytracer

TOOLS USED: 
    Micrografix Picture Publisher , Netscape 4.0, an HP Photosmart
      camera  Adopbe Illustrator 6.0

RENDER TIME: 
    1 hr

HARDWARE USED: 
    PENTIUM 233 MMX WITH 64 MEG SDRAM

IMAGE DESCRIPTION: 
    This is an approximation of the capitol of
   Georgia. Its constuction began in 1885 and ended in 1889 at the
   cost of almost 1 million dollars.  In 1957 the building was renovated
   with gold leaf from the mines at Dahlonaga, Georgia (the site of the
   first gold rush in America).  The gold was transported through the
   city of Atlanta via a mule train.  In 1971 the gold on the dome was
   renewed with gold leaf.  The gold was again brought from Dahlonega
   by wagon train.  The statue on top of the dome is made of copper and
   painted white.  It ,or rather she, is called "Miss Freedom."  She
   carries a torch and a sword and wears a cap of freedom.  This kind
   of cap was pesented to slaves in ancient Greece when they became
   free.  The legend of the statue's origin states that it was
   a gift from the state of Ohio and was given to Georgia to atone for
   the destuction caused by Ohio's General William T. Sherman during
   the Civil War.  The two flags in the background represent the 
   struggle between a divided nation.  The building today flies both
   flags together.  
  

DESCRIPTION OF HOW THIS IMAGE WAS CREATED: 
    I downloaded as many pictures
   of the capitol as a could.  The best site had many pictures and a
   history of the building. Its at http://www.sos.state.ga.us/capitolguide .
   I was able to use a building plan to get the shape of the building.
   I outlined the plan in Adobe Illustrator and imported it to Raydream',
   freeform modelling program.  I used the same object to create trim.
   I did not want to cut up the original block with windows and doors so
   I used complex window groups that used a reflective pane rather than
   a transparent one.  After visiting the capitol and taking some pictures,
   I realized that it was a 2 tone building, so I just duplicated the main
   block again and used some texture from the actual building to get the
   right tones and texture.  The building started to exceed my 64 megs of 
   memory when I finished the lower dome, so my computer was using drive
   space for memory by the time the building was done.  When I added the
   tree, the size of the program doubled. The tree is duplicated many
   times, some can only be seen in the reflection of windows. It is made
   from the fog objects and fountain objects in Raydream, lots of them!
   The trunks are extruded complex objects.  The stautue was made using
   a downloaded picture in Illustrator, making the outline, and importing
   that into the Raydream freeform modelling program.