"Jim Charter" <jrc### [at] msncom> wrote in message 
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> St. wrote:
>
>> 'ground-breaking' image I thought I would see
>
> maybe: "Hoped you might see?"

  Well, yes. Maybe I should have phrased that differently. I don't know, 
this is hard to do, (explain my thoughts without anyone jumping down my 
throat), but there wasn't imo a lot different from what I've seen before in 
the IRTC, (apart from one image that wasn't entered), which is why I took 
the route I did. Don't get me wrong, PoV is a hard animal to tame, and there 
is no way I could produce "The Last Guardian" like Johnny did. Not yet 
anyway. ;)

   For the record, I hope that if there's another PoVComp, then there will 
be a lot more information on what PoV 'can' achieve, (I certainly HOPE so 
for anyone new to PoV. It will be ten times better now that everyone knows 
what to expect and do), and what not to do in the event that someone might 
'bust a gut' for nothing. I.e., scaling at much larger resolutions. This was 
my downfall. I haven't ever rendered an image at high resolutions until 
recently, so didn't think there would be a difference, (seeing is 
believing!)

  But 'now' I know. That's why I asked if the detail images were important 
or not in a recent thread.

>
> The image was exceptional in ways that Povers can learn from.  It is true 
> that we value technical, even conceptual "ground-breaking", but we 
> perceive it across one maybe two dimensions. This image resulted from care 
> and craftmanship through a range of dimensions.  It's that accomplishment 
> over a range of technical and pictorial concerns that is not often 
> equalled here.  Modeling, composition, lighting, scale, orchestration of 
> detail, space, atmosphere, pictorial language are all used to modulate our 
> experience and maintain our interest.

   Jim, your words, and art, always 'teach' me more, and I thank you for 
that.

    ~Steve~