"Nathan Kopp" <Nat### [at] Koppcom> wrote in message
news:39c84720$1@news.povray.org...
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| "H. E. Day" <Pov### [at] aolcom> wrote...
| > Added trees, water, and a sun.
| > Extra brownie points to anyone who can tell me how the sun was made in
| > this image.
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| It looks like it could be a specular (or maybe blinn?) highlight.  The
last
| time I saw this done, I think the person used a very long transparent
| cylinder that connected the light source with the camera.  The highlight
| showed up on the inside of the cylinder, producing a nice, soft flare
effect
| very much like this one.

If it is indeed done that way then the person you're referring to is Samuel
Benge, the guy that did many good things with isosurfaces (tutorial also) as
you might recall.  BTW, he's still in limbo I guess, away from the internet
awhile now.

Bob

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