"JWV" <jwv|at|planet.nl> wrote in message news:3f01f3c0@news.povray.org...
> The image looks great, especialy the flock of birds in the distance, it
> seems to have some motion in it, like it should have.

I acheived that by applying turbulence to position them (which makes them clump
together in natural looking patterns) and then using a second turbulence
function to choose theit direction. This means birds that are close together
tend to point in a similar direction, giving a natural impression of movement.
Then I just had to tweak the focal blur so you can only just see which way
they're pointing. I'm very pleased with the effect and I'm glad you like it :)

> - The flowers need some work, since they will be annoyingly simple when
> rendered at Zazzle resolution.

Agreed, and since Andrew Wilcox mentioned it yesterday I've already done that.
They're now mapped onto spherical shapes, giving just a subtly curve to them.

> - i didn't recognise the fish due to the refraction of the water, maybe you
> should use smaller fish.

Hmm... well I'd tend to agree with you only most other people seem to think
they're recognisable enough. I'll try smaller fish and see how they look but I
think I prefer them this size.

> The title is very good, it suits the image.

Cool. I think I'll keep it :)

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