"The aim of this competition is to create a visually
compelling image of a 3D fractal form using the POVRay
raytacing program"

I would say this limits the acceptable software and the
required image far more strictly than the IRTC.  An IRTC
subjcet of "fractals" would surely accommodate anything from
a pure render of a 4d-julia to an imaginatively presented
close-up of the definition of the word "fractal" in a
rendered paper dictionary.  "Visually compelling" also seems
to exclude the possibility of a "technical merit" award as
per the IRTC for mere technical achievment.



>   Doesn't this replicate too much IRTC with a topic of
"fractals"?
> This is mainly because there are practically no limits on
what the
> user can do (except using external files, which isn't very
limiting,
> and a maximum of 10000 bytes, which isn't very limiting
either).
>
>   The problem I see with this is that there's really no
challenge
> in this competition other than making a beautiful image.
Which is
> exactly what IRTC is for.
>
>   (And of course how to define a "fractal" is another
question...)

"Warp" <war### [at] tagpovrayorg> wrote in message
news:406d5701@news.povray.org...
>   Doesn't this replicate too much IRTC with a topic of
"fractals"?
> This is mainly because there are practically no limits on
what the
> user can do (except using external files, which isn't very
limiting,
> and a maximum of 10000 bytes, which isn't very limiting
either).
>
>   The problem I see with this is that there's really no
challenge
> in this competition other than making a beautiful image.
Which is
> exactly what IRTC is for.
>
>   (And of course how to define a "fractal" is another
question...)
>
> -- 
> plane{-x+y,-1pigment{bozo color_map{[0rgb x][1rgb
x+y]}turbulence 1}}
> sphere{0,2pigment{rgbt 1}interior{media{emission
1density{spherical
> density_map{[0rgb 0][.5rgb<1,.5>][1rgb
1]}turbulence.9}}}scale
>
<1,1,3>hollow}text{ttf"timrom""Warp".1,0translate<-1,-.1,2>}
//  - Warp -

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