In article <web.3f67b1d0f785c673c6890ca10@news.povray.org>,
 "Penners" <pen### [at] hotmailcom> wrote:

>   Does anyone know how I can collect photons on the ground, but still have
> the correct shadow?

I don't think this is possible. POV will light the area in shadow with 
photons, but the rest will be lit directly. At the shadow border, there 
will probably always be a visible transition between photons and direct 
lighting. In theory, you could avoid this by lighting the entire scene 
with photons, but it would take a huge amount of photons. You could also 
minimize it by using more photons...again, a lot of photons.

Why are your photons interacting with a container shape anyway? Unless 
it's refracting, it won't have a very interesting shadow, just a waste 
of photons.

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