I noticed that the light color seems different in the photo.  The photo's
"white cylinder" seems almost an ecru color and the ground is a warmer tone.
The povray seems a little more "bluish"

"Hugo" <hua### [at] post3teledk> wrote in message
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> Hi,
>
> By using "trial-and-error" and all my knowledge about raytracing, I did
this
> today. A few things will be easy to fix, such as the brightness of the red
> color, and the too strong reflection on the white tube-head.
>
> I was surprised that I needed heavy "variable reflection" to get the right
> look. Are there any references for real life values?
>
> I used one area_light with strength 1.. Is that wrong, or not important
> unless I add other light_sources?
>
> I didn't use fade_power, but I guess that's correct for the sun?
>
> I used focal blur with 30 samples, but the anti-aliasing between red and
> grey is not as good as the photo, while the shadows look pretty much the
> same.. Do you have any idea why?
>
> Other comments will be welcome!  :o)
>
> Regards,
> Hugo
>
>
>

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