POV-Ray : Newsgroups : povray.binaries.images : Ancient Mariner Final : Re: Ancient Mariner Final Server Time
19 Aug 2024 22:17:32 EDT (-0400)
  Re: Ancient Mariner Final  
From: Mick Hazelgrove
Date: 15 Oct 2000 12:13:40
Message: <39e9d7b4@news.povray.org>
Hi Chris

> If you want to see him from this side, you will have to put a light on
> this side...

There is one very dim light which I don't want to strengthen

>In this image, he looks too bright, he stands out.

I agree - I'm going to try making him greyer

> Try reducing the ambient and maybe giving his coat/cape a bit of
> specular,

It has zero ambient and max specular!

>almost black in areas but lighter in
> others, like it just finished raining a bit, but not enough to really
> soak him.(the wet areas would be dark and shiny)

A normal might help here - I'll try it

> And besides making the cape darker, make the shirtsleeves and pants more
> of a dark blue-gray.

They are actually lighter perhaps I should exaggerate the difference more...

Thanks for the suggestions, I've tried most of them but a few more tries
won't hurt.

Mick


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