Ever since I found out about Nathan Kopp's build of pov-ray I have been
wanting to try out the photon mapping feature. I just downloaded it this

morning and played around with it a bit. First image I rendered on it
was, of course, a glass sphere. However I wanted to see how photon
mapping would work out in a more complex, real, image. So I tried to
think of any thick glass objects I had around the house which would look

nice in a scene. That's when I thought of a small glass ornament I had
received as a gift from someone, long ago. So here is the image. The
photon mapping did not produce the result I had thought it would, this
is probably to do with the fact that the image is quite bright, and
mostly because I'm new to it and this is my first real try at it.
However if you look closely you can see the caustics, at the base of the

ornament on the window ledge. Oh and before I get hundreds of posts
about the ornament:

1.It is a glass ornament of a seal, rendered in Rhino.

2. Yes this is how it looks in real life, it is not the result of bad
modeling.

If you want a more detailed description of how I created the image you
can find it on my web page in Gallery 6.

http://www.geocities.com/~thomaslake/

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