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  Re: polarization effect: raytraced image vs. real photograph  
From: Christopher James Huff
Date: 19 Oct 2002 22:58:11
Message: <3db21bc3@news.povray.org>
"Raystarter" <sjy### [at] kornetnet> wrote in message
news:3db1fe45@news.povray.org...
> I've got one question regarding the effect of polarization on the surface
of
> dielectric material.
> My rough guess is this:
> Is there no difference between the real photographed image and the
raytraced
> image, since the final average intensity of the vertical and parallel
> polarized reflection would be the same as the reflected intensity from
> raytracing without considering the polarization?

In the vast majority of cases, polarization makes little or no noticeable
difference. Differences do exist, the ones from polarization just usually
aren't perceivable or measurable. In other cases, with polarized sunglasses
for example, there can be quite big differences.


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