Kevin Wampler schrieb:

> #2 - Nathan G B O'Brien - Arch
> http://www.irtc.org/ftp/pub/old-competition/competition-Oct-95/arch.jpg
> 
> Entrant in the October 1995 IRTC (theme: architecture) and an old 
> favorite of mine from back in the day.  This is clearly one of the 
> tricky ones, probably too tricky in retrospect.

Duh - I've never even /seen/ this one before... and the IRTC archive (as 
  available through the current web page) only goes back to 1996 :-(

> #8 - Gilles Tran - The Construction Workers
> http://www.oyonale.com/images/3D/creation.jpg

Hm... never seen this one either. Nice one.

> #9 - Douglas Eichenberg - Victoria's World
> http://hof.povray.org/images/victoria.jpg
> 
> Tied for 4th in POVCOMP 2004, one of my personal favorites.

Indeed, a very beautiful shot.

> #10 - Nicholas DePetrillo (self attributed) - AWSOME ROLEX WATCH!
>
http://news.povray.org/povray.binaries.images/attachment/%3C371e9151.0@news.povray.org%3E/rolexfr.jpg

> 
> Backstory:  Ok, I lied a bit, only 19 of those images were made with 
> povray. 

Well, was it really ultimately /proven/ that he didn't do it with 
POV-Ray? :-P


> #12 - Gilles Tran - The Big Fight
> http://www.oyonale.com/images/3D/joute_1993.jpg
> 
> A very early Gilles Tran piece from 1993.  He also did a remake of this 
> picture in 2001:
> 
> http://www.oyonale.com/images/3D/joute_2001.jpg

Not one of his best works. The remake is much better /technically/, but 
as for artistic and concept... Meh.


> #17 - Gilles Tran - The Cubicle Workers
> http://www.oyonale.com/images/3D/comptoir.jpg
> 
> One of my old favorite Gilles Tran pieces, from 1997.

Ah! Seen that one. Not so easy to identify though.


> #18 - Jamie McCarter - Night Club Gallimimus' Warming Up
> http://www.irtc.org/ftp/pub/old-competition/competition-Feb-95/jmwarmup.jpg
> 
> Winner of the February 1995 IRTC (theme: music)

Never seen it. Again, not available via the IRTC web page.

> #19 - Rob Strickland - Chain Reaction
> http://oz.irtc.org/ftp/pub/stills/1997-06-30/chainrea.jpg
> 
> May-June 1997 IRTC winner (theme: Physics & Math)
> 
> I believe he had to hack motion blur into Povray just for this image.

Nice one! The idea dates back at least to 1986 though: After the 
Chernobyl disaster, the famous German children/science TV show "Sendung 
mit der Maus" ("The programme with the mouse") aired a full episode 
dedicated to nucelar power, with the mouse-trap-and-ping-pong-balls 
chain reaction demonstration being the highlight of the show.

I always believed the experiment was invented by the show's team, and I 
/think/ I recall that they happened to have recorded & aired it even 
earlier, though I may be mistaken on either or both. In any event, for 
me it was the most impressive "Maus" episode ever, and ranks very high 
among my childhood memories (although if they first aired it after 
Chernobyl it must actually have been early teenage memories already).

Another POV-Ray shot I've never seen before. I'm sure I'd have 
remembered & recognized /that/ one.

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