In article <3dfe0da5@news.povray.org>,
 "Mick Hazelgrove" <mic### [at] mhazelgrovefsnetcouk> wrote:

> But if there is media behind the leaf (a sky in this case) the transparent
> area displays the colour of the sky_sphere behind the media and ignores the
> media colour completley so the squares show up.
> 
> This happens with image_pattern, pigment_pattern and tga with use alpha.
> 
> Is this a known bug? is there a fix?

It is not a bug. After the ray passes through the leaf, it is considered 
"in" the leaf. The leaf isn't hollow, so it excludes media. The best 
solution is to just make it hollow.

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