Sorry. I thought I was trying to be plain-talking since you had said you
just started. Been soooo long since I first started on POV-Ray, 4 going
on 5 years.
To put it another way:

The plane you used for a ground (or floor), since it stretches
infinitely in all directions, is causing a reflection in the stand which
matches the background exactly.
This is due to the same distances being reached by the plane, away from
and behind the camera, and the perpendicular (straight up from the
ground) stand.
So what I suggested is to perhaps keep this in mind and shorten one of
the directions (by quite a bit concerning this plane anyhow), presumably
the behind-camera direction since its not seen besides.
You would need to either use a very large, flat box alone or:

 plane {y,0 clipped_by {box{-1,1 scale <100,1,100> translate 50*z}} }

Well, anyhow, just wanted to relate to you the matched-up reflection
thing. It's all up to the maker to decide what they want. Hate to tell
you though, you're in for a lot of surprises good and bad. But it's fun
;-]


"Colorman (Kraxmel)" wrote:
> 
> Forgive my ignorance, but can you put that in english :)  Just kidding,
> sorta.
> 
> I am new to this whole thing (hence the simplistic objects I have posted),
> and I am trying to stay away from modellers (I read what Ken had to say
> about staying away from modellers till you have a grasp on the workings of
> pov-ray in the povray.newusers, and think he is right).  Anyways, what do
> you really mean by your statements?
> 
> Also, this is not really meant to be a scene, but rather an object that I
> want to use in a scene I have in mind.  Thot I'd practice by making some
> objects that will increase in complexity to get the handle of the program.
> 
> Cman
> BTW, thanks for the comments too!
> 
> --
> 
> Bob Hughes wrote in message <36C6CE6E.E36E9C3D@aol.com>...
> >The infinite plane creates a false filtered look to the stand via
> >reflection, if you limit the dimensions to different front to back
> >distances this will offset it.
> >Like the look of these two objects, globe seems fractured with fog and
> >stand is a beautiful example of metal.
> >
> >
> >"Colorman (Kraxmel)" wrote:
> >>
> >> Hello,
> >>
> >> Got an idea from work, so I thot I'd make it.  2nd decent pic of mine, so
> >> thot I'd post it.  Any comments welcome.
> >>
> >> Cman
> >>
> >> --
> >>
> >>  [Image]
> >
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