On Mon, 27 Jan 2003 15:40:01 -0000, Darren Hewson wrote:

> You are right of course, the biggest reason that this is still WIP is that
> I'm having a massive struggle with the lighting.
> 
> Seems that if I manage to have the reflection in the water at a more
> realistic level of brightness then the rest of the scene is far too dark
> (see Slime's comment about the lighting also).
> 
> Currently I'm reduced the messing about with the relative ambients of the
> various objects in the scene, a frustrating and long winded 'trial by
> error'...
> 
> Any tips welcome...
> 
> "Alf Peake" <alf### [at] peake42freeservecouk> wrote in message
> news:3e355149@news.povray.org...
>> "Darren Hewson" <dar### [at] hotmailcom> wrote in message
>> news:3e352e92@news.povray.org...
>>> Any comments much appreciated.
>>
>> Am I missing something significant about the sky's reflection in the
>> water? I like the general scene but the reflection is far too bright.
>>
>> Alf
>>
>>
>>

Is that just a simple "fake" fog used on the water? The fog might be 
confusing POV into applying the fog everywhere in the reflection instead of 
just on the ground. If it's not already, try using media for it.

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