TITLE: arid
NAME: Ian MacKay
COUNTRY: Australia
EMAIL: ianm@hermes.net.au
WEBPAGE: None
TOPIC: Desert
COPYRIGHT: I SUBMIT TO THE STANDARD RAYTRACING COMPETITION
JPGFILE: arid.jpg
RENDERER USED: 
    Povray 3.5 for Windows

TOOLS USED: 
    Photoshop to adjust contrast and convert to Jpeg.

RENDER TIME: 
    4 mins 27 sec

HARDWARE USED: 
    Pentium 4 2.4Ghz 512 Ram

IMAGE DESCRIPTION: 

                  Scene is in a part of Australia where it seldom rains. The
foreground is the cracked dry mud in a waterhole that has almost completely
dried up. A flock of parrots has come to drink from the last puddle.
                  In the middle distance a flock of Cockatoos is passing.
                  Hot air distorts the distant landscape and a layer of hot air
on the ground reflects the sky and gives the illusion of distant water.   
                                     

DESCRIPTION OF HOW THIS IMAGE WAS CREATED: 

                  This image is mainly simple CSG. The dry mud is a crackle
height-field. Middle and distant landscape are Fractint height-fields. The heat
distortion is made by viewing through a clear height-field. The birds are CSG.