>>> Image four is the lamp I intend to use in the fountain base.  That alone took
>>> about a week to render.
>>>
>> Could I get that one in desktop resolution?
>>
> 
>     I don't have it at a larger resolution.  Like I said, it took about a week
> to render.  I'll see what happens, perhaps I can optimize some stuff.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> A.D.B.
> 
> 
Can you provide the source for it.

After a second look, it looks like there are many small cylinders 
forming the central shape, grouped into a merge. It looks like they are 
transparent, have an ior, reflection and highlights.
Maybe you can use the mesh() built in function for an isosurface. You'd 
need to convert to a polar coordinate to have it whap in the desired 
shape. This is a case where an isosurface could be much faster than some 
CSG object.

If you share the source as it is now, others will be able to take a look 
and possibly come up with some clever alternate approach.


Alain

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