Heh heh. Of course, then you'd have to give the lens internal reflection,
and make sure it didn't distort the camera's view... I think you're better
off just using NKFlare.

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//Mahalis
camera{location<0,0.25,-2> look_at 0.5*y} #declare T=texture{pigment{crackle
scale 0.5 rotate 90 turbulence 0.75 color_map{[0 rgb 1][0.05 rgb 1][0.1
rgb<1,0.25,1>][0.25 rgbf 1][1 rgbf 1]}} finish{ambient 1}} #declare
c=difference{torus{0.5,0.1 rotate -90*x}box{<0.7,0,0.2>,<-0.7,-0.7,-0.2>}}
merge{object{c translate<0.5,0.5,0>} object{c translate<-0.5,0.5,0>}
cylinder{<1,0.5,0>,<1,0,0>,0.1} cylinder{<-1,0.5,0>,<-1,0,0>,0.1}
cylinder{0.5*y,0,0.1} texture{T}}
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"Timothy R. Cook" <tim### [at] scifi-fantasycom> wrote in message
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> Something to toy with using photons, perhaps?
> The task: cause a lens flare in a rendering without using a plug-in,
> and without using objects to simulate the parts of the flare.
> Possibly involves building a lens to put in front of the camera...
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