Yeah. I think it's because of the angle between the light plane and the ground
plane. In the first pic the planes are orthogonal. I like this effect better than
the full skysphere lightsource we've seen.

Josh



> Josh English wrote:
> >
> > Using Gilles Trans radiosity test file from some time back I started
> > playing with a light plane instead of a skysphere, so I could simulate
> > the light coming from different angle in what I hope is "nearly
> > parallel" instead of all encompassing. The first one is rendered with
> > the light coming from the left side, the second has the light comming
> > from the upper right, and the third has lighting fromthe back.
> >
> > These were rendered on a Mac using MegaPov 0.5, so they will probably be
> > dark on Windows machines (I know they were on mine.)
> >
>         Funny: the second one is much brighter than the others...
>
>         The shadows cast on the plane don't look very good, but the light does
> indeed appear to be coming from the right direction...
>

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