EMAIL: kelemen.csaba@axelero.hu NAME: Kelemen Csaba TOPIC: Mystery COPYRIGHT: I SUBMIT TO THE STANDARD RAYTRACING COMPETITION COPYRIGHT. TITLE: Steel and Gold COUNTRY: Hungary WEBPAGE: web.axelero.hu/kcsi RENDERER USED: my Monte-Carlo renderer TOOLS USED: No RENDER TIME: 15 h HARDWARE USED: Pentium IMAGE DESCRIPTION: Minimal Concept DESCRIPTION OF HOW THIS IMAGE WAS CREATED: The images have been rendered by my Monte-Carlo renderer that used a modified Metropolis Light Transport algorithm. The rendered scenes include different metallic (gold, steel) and plastic objects illuminated by large studio light sources. The materials properties are represented by a coupled Cook-Torrance like BRDF model equipped with importance sampling.