Very nice... (well, okay, sooo nice that I saved it on my hard disk :)).
I find it a bit butterfly-like. 
Perhaps needs some colors, for a flower? Can we have a sample with more
colors?
Well, after all, maybe that's just me, so don't bother about that :))

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Nice one.

What is your max_trace_level, and how long did it take to render ?

I see dark areas in the petals. Is it POV which stopped shooting rays or is it
your black background which is refracted ?



> This is the same shape as in my "Another Quiz"
> posting. This time there are 4 of them (as in
> the code for the solution), and now they are
> made of glass.
>
> Please comment.
>
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Tor Olav Kristensen wrote:
> 
> This is the same shape as in my "Another Quiz"
> posting. This time there are 4 of them (as in
> the code for the solution), and now they are
> made of glass.
> 
> Please comment.

Very nice model, but I don't like the background colors much.

Also, real glass tends to exhibit variable reflection; in my own
experiments I've found that type 0 with a falloff power of 2 or so
provides a fairly realistic look (though it may not be mathematically accurate).

The highlights seem a little large in places.

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simply beautiful !

Regards,

Denis.


Azrael wrote:
> 
> Very nice... (well, okay, sooo nice that I saved it on my hard disk :)).
> I find it a bit butterfly-like.
> Perhaps needs some colors, for a flower? Can we have a sample with more
> colors?
> Well, after all, maybe that's just me, so don't bother about that :))
> 
> Azrael
> --
> May all your dreams but one become true.
> 
> Azrael <azr### [at] chezcom>
> http://www.chez.com/azrael

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Moon47 wrote:

> Quite a beautiful spectacle...

Thank you :)

> A purple color to the glass/crystal with blue
> or reddish streaks would look nice standing alone in a beam of light...

I'm afraid that I don't know enough yet about colouring glass in
POV-Ray like you describe.

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Bob Hughes wrote:

> For a completely transparent object it really stands out against the
> background, giving it a nice realism.

Thank you.

I first tried to view the shape from this angle as a non transparent
object,
but I found it a bit dull because the shape in front "blocked" for the
three
others behind.

And then I thought I'd give the marvellous T_Glass3 texture from the
glass.inc file a try.

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David Fontaine wrote:

> I agree about it standing out. Good composition.

Thank you too.

> (And it's a symmetrical object on an asymmetrical background,
> kind of a strange effect if you think about it long enough.)

I did give this a little thought before I went to sleep. But I was
to tired to reach a conclusion, so I just started the rendering and
thought I would make up my mind when it had finished.

> I bet the render time was loooooong...

My home machine stood alone rendering for about 3 days.

But I forgot to look for the statistics when I returned, so I
don't know the exact rendering time. :(

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Bill DeWitt wrote:

>     Must be an Orchid.

Yes, when you mention it; the "thing" in the middle reminds
me of a kind of tongue.

Thank you for commenting.

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Jim Kress wrote:

> Very elegant!

I'm happy to hear that.

=)

Thank you!

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Christoph Hormann wrote:

> Nice Image, esp. good model

Thank you !

> Maybe you should try lighting from one side and a slight color for the
> glass, even though it would destroy the symmetry.

It's a pity that the long rendering time stops me from experimenting
much with lighting and colouring of the glass.

But if I find time (or I get a more powerful PC :) I'll try a more
asymmetric light set-up.

> And How about turning it upside down :-)

Right now I tried to flip the image vertically in an image editor and
I found that I like it that way too. =)


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