I usually make several states of my work. This time, I revisited my 
entry for the March 2011 Challenge of the TC-RTC:

http://tc-rtc.ideasintoreality.co.uk/imagenewdisplay/stills/index325.html

Some minor changes and additions and a render performed with UberPOV 
(stochastic aa) instead of Megapov in the original. All in all, render 
time was in excess of 48 hours.

In a few years time I probably shall render the next state. ;-)

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On 20/08/2018 08:24, Thomas de Groot wrote:
> I usually make several states of my work. This time, I revisited my 
> entry for the March 2011 Challenge of the TC-RTC:
> 
> http://tc-rtc.ideasintoreality.co.uk/imagenewdisplay/stills/index325.html
> 
> Some minor changes and additions and a render performed with UberPOV 
> (stochastic aa) instead of Megapov in the original. All in all, render 
> time was in excess of 48 hours.
> 
> In a few years time I probably shall render the next state. ;-)
> 

SCNR

https://imgur.com/oSL6pCA


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     Stephen

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On 20/08/2018 08:24, Thomas de Groot wrote:
> I usually make several states of my work. This time, I revisited my 
> entry for the March 2011 Challenge of the TC-RTC:
> 
> http://tc-rtc.ideasintoreality.co.uk/imagenewdisplay/stills/index325.html
> 
> Some minor changes and additions and a render performed with UberPOV 
> (stochastic aa) instead of Megapov in the original. All in all, render 
> time was in excess of 48 hours.
> 
> In a few years time I probably shall render the next state. ;-)
> 


I like the change in illumination around Cathy. I am not too sure about 
the bloom around the street lamps. The pattern does not reflect the mist 
at ground level.Also, I seem to remember that the bloom was centred just 
in front of the lamp. It has been a long time since I have been out in a 
night like that. :)

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     Stephen

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On 20-8-2018 12:28, Stephen wrote:
> On 20/08/2018 08:24, Thomas de Groot wrote:
>> I usually make several states of my work. This time, I revisited my 
>> entry for the March 2011 Challenge of the TC-RTC:
>>
>> http://tc-rtc.ideasintoreality.co.uk/imagenewdisplay/stills/index325.html
>>
>> Some minor changes and additions and a render performed with UberPOV 
>> (stochastic aa) instead of Megapov in the original. All in all, render 
>> time was in excess of 48 hours.
>>
>> In a few years time I probably shall render the next state. ;-)
>>
> 
> 
> I like the change in illumination around Cathy. I am not too sure about 
> the bloom around the street lamps. The pattern does not reflect the mist 
> at ground level.Also, I seem to remember that the bloom was centred just 
> in front of the lamp. It has been a long time since I have been out in a 
> night like that. :)
> 

The bloom came out a bit stronger than I intended, especially in 
relation to the street media. I had noted this for the future state. :-)

Render time is so long that I postpone any new version to 2020 at least...

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On 8/20/2018 7:38 AM, Thomas de Groot wrote:
> The bloom came out a bit stronger than I intended, especially in 
> relation to the street media. I had noted this for the future state. :-)
> 
> Render time is so long that I postpone any new version to 2020 at least...
> 

How many cores does your CPU have, now? Computer GHz have sort of 
stagnated, and CPUs with more than 6 cores can cost as much as a typical 
PC all by themselves. Also, you may want to wait until mitigations for 
Meltdown and Spectre have made it into new CPU architectures.


Mike

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Thomas de Groot <tho### [at] degrootorg> wrote:

> Render time is so long that I postpone any new version to 2020 at least...

Meh.   Wait a little while, and you may get it done faster than you think.

http://www.jbis.org.uk/paper.php?p=2006.59.239

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The atmosphere is good. Lighting is usually the most difficult to get right,
especially in scenes like this, with not much light.

Well done Thomas, I could learn a thing or two here.

Cheers
Ton.

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On 20-8-2018 23:33, Mike Horvath wrote:
> On 8/20/2018 7:38 AM, Thomas de Groot wrote:
>> The bloom came out a bit stronger than I intended, especially in 
>> relation to the street media. I had noted this for the future state. :-)
>>
>> Render time is so long that I postpone any new version to 2020 at 
>> least...
>>
> 
> How many cores does your CPU have, now? Computer GHz have sort of 
> stagnated, and CPUs with more than 6 cores can cost as much as a typical 
> PC all by themselves. Also, you may want to wait until mitigations for 
> Meltdown and Spectre have made it into new CPU architectures.
> 

Intel i7-2600, 64-bit, 3.40 GHz, 4 cores/8 threads (6 used for the render).

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On 21-8-2018 0:49, Bald Eagle wrote:
> Thomas de Groot <tho### [at] degrootorg> wrote:
> 
>> Render time is so long that I postpone any new version to 2020 at least...
> 
> Meh.   Wait a little while, and you may get it done faster than you think.
> 
> http://www.jbis.org.uk/paper.php?p=2006.59.239
> 
> 

LOL Yes indeed! However, the main reason is that I become tired of the 
scene and want to lay it on the shelf for a while. I am going to print 
this version and hang it on my wall. Time for scrutiny has started now.

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On 21-8-2018 2:28, Ton wrote:
> The atmosphere is good. Lighting is usually the most difficult to get right,
> especially in scenes like this, with not much light.
> 
> Well done Thomas, I could learn a thing or two here.
> 
> Cheers
> Ton.
> 
> 

Hartelijk dank!

Initially, the most difficult was to backward engineer from the 
photograph. Camera position/orientation, lens characteristics, all that 
is unknown from the start. Invaluable help came from the use of Tim 
Nikias' Glare macros which allow for a background image in the scene. 
That way I could reconstruct more easily perspective and size of the 
different street and building elements.

Lighting and media were/are the next pain in my right foot big toe. I am 
still not done there although I get gradually closer to what I want. 
Patience is the keyword.

Tim Nikias' site can be found here: http://www.nolights.de/index.html
However, I cannot find the Glare macros there anymore. Somebody any 
idea? Tim?

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