Hello.  I've enjoyed povray off and on for a few years but never posted.
Lately, I've been enjoying all the images everyone has here and thought I'd
add a few of my own.  These where for the last irtc theme, absence, but I
never got around to sending them.

The first one, attached here, is a simple bit of negative space fun.

#version 3.6;

//+w640 +h240 +a0.03

#declare blur_on = true;
#declare color_on = true;

// ----------------------------------------

global_settings {
  assumed_gamma 1.0
}

#default {
 texture {
  pigment {
   color rgb 1
  }
  finish {
   ambient 0
   diffuse 1
  }
 }
}

// ----------------------------------------

camera {
 angle 35
 location <0.0, 0.0, -5.0>
 direction 1.5*z
 right x*image_width/image_height
 look_at <0.0, 0.0,  0.0>

 #if(blur_on=true)
  aperture 1
  variance 1/1000000
  confidence 0.999
  blur_samples 10
  focal_point <0.0, 0.0, 0.0>
 #end
}

// ----------------------------------------

#declare word =
 text {
  ttf "times.ttf" "Absent" 2, 0
 }
#declare word_min=min_extent( word )-<0.25,0.25,0>;
#declare word_max=max_extent( word )+<0.25,0.25,0>;

#declare word_scale = word_max-word_min;
#declare word_offset = word_min;

#declare R = seed( 213 );

union {
 #declare i = 0;
 #while (i < 25000)
  #local X = word_offset.x + word_scale.x*rand(R);
  #local Y = word_offset.y + word_scale.y*rand(R);
  #local Z = word_offset.z + word_scale.z*rand(R);

  #if (!inside( word, <X, Y, Z> ))
   box {
    <-1, -1, -1>
    < 1,  1,  1>
    scale 0.002 + 0.018*rand(R)
    rotate <0, 30 - 60*rand(R), 30 - 60*rand(R)>
    translate <X, Y, Z>
    #if (color_on = true )
     pigment { rgbt <0.25, 0.25+0.5*rand(R), 0.75+0.25*rand(R), 0> }
    #end
   }
  #end

  #declare i = i + 1;
 #end

 #if (color_on = false )
  pigment { rgbt <0.25, 0.75, 1.0, 0.9> }
 #end

 translate <-word_offset.x - word_scale.x/2.0, -word_offset.y -
word_scale.y/2.0, 0>
}

light_source {
 <0, 0, -10>
 1.0

 shadowless

 fade_distance 10.0
 fade_power 100
}

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Here's the second one.  It's pretty abstract: The yang collaspes and the yin
rules.  In the absence of harmony, chaos overwhelms.


#version 3.6;

#include "functions.inc"

// ----------------------------------------

global_settings {
  assumed_gamma 1.0
}

#default {
 texture {
  pigment {
   color rgb 1
  }
  finish {
   ambient 0
   diffuse 1
  }
 }
}

// ----------------------------------------

camera {
 location <0.0, 1.0, 0.0>
 direction 1.5*z
 right x*image_width/image_height
 look_at <0.0, 0.0,  0.0>

 aperture .6
 variance 1/1000000
 confidence 0.9
 blur_samples 100
 focal_point <0, -0.24, 0>
}

// ----------------------------------------

light_source {
 <0.0, 2.8, 0.0>
 color rgb 0.5
 fade_distance 3.75
 fade_power 100
}

light_source {
 <0.0, 1.0, 0.0>
 color rgb 0.5
 fade_distance 1.3
 fade_power 50
}

// ----------------------------------------

// A wave plane to see the shadow
plane {
 y, -0.95
 texture {
  pigment {
   color rgb <0.8, 0.8, 1.0>
  }

  normal {
   waves
   scale <.1, 1, .1>
  }
  finish {
   phong 2
   phong_size 1
  }

 }
}

// ----------------------------------------

// The yang
sphere {
 <0, -0.5, 0>
 0.2
 texture {
  pigment {
   color rgb <1, 1, 1>
  }
 }
}

// ----------------------------------------

// The yin shadow
union
{
isosurface {
 function{ f_comma( x,y,z, 1) }
 contained_by {sphere { 0, 1.5 } }
 scale <.1, .05, .1>
 rotate <0, -90, 0>
 translate <0, 2, 0>
 pigment { color rgb 1 }
}

sphere {
 <0, 0, -.05>
 .02
 translate <0, 2, 0>
}

torus {
 .1, .01
 translate <0, 2, 0>
}
}

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Oh, very cleaver... nice.

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Oops, forgot the last absent image.  Sphere over checkered plane.



#version 3.6;

#include "metals.inc"

#declare arealight_on = true;

// ----------------------------------------

global_settings {
 assumed_gamma 1.0
}

#default {
 texture {
  pigment {
   color rgb 1
  }
  finish {
   ambient 0
   diffuse 1
  }
 }
}

// ----------------------------------------

camera {
  location  <-1.0, 1.0, -2.0>
  direction 1.5*z
  right     x*image_width/image_height
  look_at   <0.0, 0.0,  0.0>
}

light_source {
  <1, 2, -1>
  color rgb 0.5

  fade_distance 4
  fade_power 10

  #if (arealight_on = true)
    area_light
    <0.3, 0, 0>, <0, 0, 0.3>
    10, 10
    circular
    orient
  #end

}

// ----------------------------------------

#declare tile=
superellipsoid {
 <0.5, 0.5>
 scale <0.12, 0.1, 0.12>
 translate <0, -0.1, 0>
}

#declare i = -5;
#while (i < 40)
 #declare j = -7;
 #while (j < 40)
  object {
   tile
   translate <0.2*i, 0, 0.2*j>
   #if (mod( i+j,2 ) = 0)
    texture {
     pigment {
      color rgb <0.9, 0.9, 0.9>
     }

     finish {
      phong 1
      phong_size 10
     }
    }
   #else
    texture {
     pigment {
      color rgb <0.0, 0.0, 0.0>
     }

     finish {
      phong 1
      phong_size 20
     }
    }
   #end
  }

  #declare j = j+1;
 #end

 #declare i = i+1;
#end

// ----------------------------------------

#declare t2 =
texture {
 pigment {
  color rgbft <1.0, 1.0, 1.0, 0.0, 1.0>
 }
}

sphere {
 <-0.1, 0.4, -0.2>, 0.2

 texture {
  gradient y
  scale 0.4
  translate 0.2

  texture_map {
   [0.0 T_Silver_1A]
   [0.2 T_Silver_1A]
   [0.4 t2]
   [1.0 t2]
  }
 }
}

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the first one is very nice and subtle.  One of the IRTC entries used the
same empty space idea and the very word.  Still, between that and this, i
feel this one has a lot more empty spaceness going for it... :)

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"nemesis" <nam### [at] gmailcom> wrote:
> the first one is very nice and subtle.  One of the IRTC entries used the
> same empty space idea and the very word.  Still, between that and this, i
> feel this one has a lot more empty spaceness going for it... :)

:o)

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Interesting.

Sven

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o.bb.spammed wrote:
> Here's the second one.  It's pretty abstract: The yang collaspes and the yin
> rules.  In the absence of harmony, chaos overwhelms.

Oh goodie, I have a new desktop wallpaper :)

...Chambers

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Nice image!

If you add some sparkles, and changed the blocks to starry shapes, it 
would make an excellent Christmas rendering!

Reuben
reu### [at] pslconnectcom

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Reuben Pearse <reu### [at] pslconnectcom> wrote:
> Nice image!
>
> If you add some sparkles, and changed the blocks to starry shapes, it
> would make an excellent Christmas rendering!
>
> Reuben
> reu### [at] pslconnectcom

Fun idea.  Something like this maybe?  Needs the proper stars still.

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