I hope you can recognize 'the eye'.

This is an improved version of the picture that has been printed in c't, a
german computer magazine, issue 17/2002, see 

http://wa.lzer.net/pov/pov.html

for a scan and translation.

I did not use radiosity for this render but Samuel Benge's lighting
technique with area lights.  The most difficult thing was the
backscattering of light illuminating overhanging parts from below.  I used
a shadowless light for that which does not produce very good results. 
Anyway the render time for a 5120x3840 render was still more than two
weeks - not to mention what it would have taken with radiosity...    


Christoph

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