Flies surrounding a sink drain.
Sorry if this gets posted twice. I didn't see it upload. Please delete if so.
I also posted the scene file for this image. Feel free to use.
Mike.

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On 01/04/2023 06:32, Mike Miller wrote:> Flies surrounding a sink 
drain.Hi, Mike.
You are exciting as usual, flies looks very natural, they are even with
hair ! I will make animation in one-two days ...

Don't you think that some bumping/texturing on the eye (see attached
photo) cam make them little bit more realistic ?
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YB

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yesbird <sya### [at] gmailcom> wrote:
> On 01/04/2023 06:32, Mike Miller wrote:> Flies surrounding a sink
> drain.Hi, Mike.
> You are exciting as usual, flies looks very natural, they are even with
> hair ! I will make animation in one-two days ...
>
> Don't you think that some bumping/texturing on the eye (see attached
> photo) cam make them little bit more realistic ?
> --
> YB

Thanks, the reference I was using showed the eye fairly smooth...it may depend
on the species/age? not sure. I'll try a different bump when I re-model the
nose/mouth area.
Mike

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On 01/04/2023 15:19, Mike Miller wrote:
> Thanks, the reference I was using showed the eye fairly smooth...it may depend
> on the species/age? not sure.

Yes, maybe, we have a lot of flies around :)

While preparing a scene for animation I found a strange object that
can't identify to hide it (attached). Could you please point me to it in
the scene file ?
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yesbird <sya### [at] gmailcom> wrote:
> On 01/04/2023 15:19, Mike Miller wrote:
> > Thanks, the reference I was using showed the eye fairly smooth...it may depend
> > on the species/age? not sure.
>
> Yes, maybe, we have a lot of flies around :)
>
> While preparing a scene for animation I found a strange object that
> can't identify to hide it (attached). Could you please point me to it in
> the scene file ?
> --
> YB

Sorry about that,
in the head declare (fly.inc) the 11th blob needs to be removed or rem'd out.
I must have had it selected when I exported the form from Blender.
Thanks for catching that.
Mike.

#declare head =

//sphere{ <0,0,0>, 1, 1 scale <1.000, 1.000, 1.000> * sf  translate <0.000,
0.000, 0.000> }

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yesbird <sya### [at] gmailcom> wrote:
> On 01/04/2023 15:19, Mike Miller wrote:
> > Thanks, the reference I was using showed the eye fairly smooth...it may depend
> > on the species/age? not sure.
>
> Yes, maybe, we have a lot of flies around :)
>
> While preparing a scene for animation I found a strange object that
> can't identify to hide it (attached). Could you please point me to it in
> the scene file ?
> --
> YB

Ahh, I just noticed 2 negative scaled blobs in the head definition.
>>  scale <-3.192, -3.586, -4.171>. They need to be positive for the 'populate' macro
to plant hair on those surface co
rrectly. POV renders negative scale fine - I use it to mirror object, but the 'trace'
function will return the reversed
-inside surface normal.

Sorry about that. It's easy to scale small objects in Blender in the negative
direction if you're not careful.
Mike

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On 01/04/2023 16:21, Mike Miller wrote:
> Ahh, I just noticed 2 negative scaled blobs in the head definition.

Thanks for info, I've fixed all this stuff, now the most tricky part
remains - lighting.
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YB

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yesbird <sya### [at] gmailcom> wrote:
> On 01/04/2023 16:21, Mike Miller wrote:
> > Ahh, I just noticed 2 negative scaled blobs in the head definition.
>
> Thanks for info, I've fixed all this stuff, now the most tricky part
> remains - lighting.
> --
> YB

Great, thanks.

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