After three+ weeks of struggling with radiosity and ambient light, I am 
finally approaching a stage where I can concentrate on composition. 
There is a light group for the chess board, but otherwise all the light 
either comes in from the window or is ambient radiation from the framed
pictures ("The Wayfarer" and "The Concert in an Egg" by Hieronymus Bosch 
and "The Woman with an Ermine" and "The Old man" by Leonardo da Vinci). 
There are still some artifacts at this image size, but they can be 
minimized by rendering the image at a considerably higher resolution. 
The properties of the surfaces are quite decisive, and I had to balance 
the shadows by moving some surfaces which aren't visible. The choice of 
pictures is related to the title of this image.

   Veijo

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Veijo Vilva wrote:
> After three+ weeks of struggling with radiosity and ambient light, I am 
> finally approaching a stage where I can concentrate on composition. 
> There is a light group for the chess board, but otherwise all the light 
> either comes in from the window or is ambient radiation from the framed
> pictures ("The Wayfarer" and "The Concert in an Egg" by Hieronymus Bosch 
> and "The Woman with an Ermine" and "The Old man" by Leonardo da Vinci). 
> There are still some artifacts at this image size, but they can be 
> minimized by rendering the image at a considerably higher resolution. 
> The properties of the surfaces are quite decisive, and I had to balance 
> the shadows by moving some surfaces which aren't visible. The choice of 
> pictures is related to the title of this image.
> 
>   Veijo
> 
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> 
fingerless as opposed to speechless

i assume you'll post links to a hi-res version for desktop usage
(implicit question - can i - pretty please )

stephen

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Veijo Vilva nous apporta ses lumieres ainsi en ce 05/07/2004 14:57... :

> After three+ weeks of struggling with radiosity and ambient light, I 
> am finally approaching a stage where I can concentrate on composition. 
> There is a light group for the chess board, but otherwise all the 
> light either comes in from the window or is ambient radiation from the 
> framed
> pictures ("The Wayfarer" and "The Concert in an Egg" by Hieronymus 
> Bosch and "The Woman with an Ermine" and "The Old man" by Leonardo da 
> Vinci). There are still some artifacts at this image size, but they 
> can be minimized by rendering the image at a considerably higher 
> resolution. The properties of the surfaces are quite decisive, and I 
> had to balance the shadows by moving some surfaces which aren't 
> visible. The choice of pictures is related to the title of this image.
>
>   Veijo
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
I like the floating elements, it adds some "magics" to the scene.

Alain

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stephen parkinson wrote:

> fingerless as opposed to speechless

?:)

> i assume you'll post links to a hi-res version for desktop usage
> (implicit question - can i - pretty please )

There is a 1920x1440 copy of the my latest version at

   http://galeria.galactinus.org/vilva/chess_files/contempl2_1920.jpg

    Veijo

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