This is just a little test for a scene I am toying with.  One of those 
situations where a test, a fragment, a sketch if you will, can suggest 
directions the scene might take that might be more compelling than the 
original vision.  Don't know about the rest of you, but I experience 
this all the time.

(The test fwiw was to light_group the cobbles and sidewalk with some 
light_sources located at the "luminescent" panels that the store uses to 
illuminate the window displays.  I get the illumination of the store 
window display with radiosity, but that doesn't provide the specular on 
the pavements, thus the need for the "invisible" point lights. 
Technically, nothing huge for the audience here.)

The cobbles are created with Bill Prgnell's code.  B'c it is a test the 
res on the bricks was set to a minimal "10".  Bill's code is remarkably 
fast when rendering.

The theme here is a little divergent from my usual interests.  Oh well, 
I guess such an image was inevitable, I am immersed in the NY streets 
60-70 hours a week, night-lit much of the time.  Also the blog is now 
taking up a lot of my focus.  In fact this scene started with the idea 
of putting it on the blog.

Believe it or not, I still see this as just another detour on my epic 
journey back to an elaborateded version of "African Caprice," the 
Povcomp entry I made.  Sigh.

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