POV-Ray : Newsgroups : povray.binaries.images : breaking waves : Re: breaking waves Server Time
11 Aug 2024 07:17:47 EDT (-0400)
  Re: breaking waves  
From: Lance Birch
Date: 7 Jun 2004 22:10:31
Message: <40c52017@news.povray.org>
"gonzo" <rgo### [at] lansetcom> wrote in message
news:web.40b65d0c76fd285da0c272b50@news.povray.org...
> Christoph Hormann <chr### [at] gmxde> wrote:
> > After Marc Jacquier's impressive lighthouse images i also tried some new
> > things concerning breaking waves, here are the results:
> >
> > http://www.tu-bs.de/~y0013390/pov/water/waves_tst.html
> >
>
> #2 for me also.
>
> As you note, waves are very dependant on the environment.  These waves
would
> look very natural on a long sloping beach.  For a rock shoreline such as
> you depict, I would expect a very uneven bottom and a lot more variation
in
> size and spacing of the waves.

Indeed.  These are very similar to the waves that we get here, where the
beach is very gently sloped over a largest distance.  Image number 1
probably represents the closest match.

Very impressive.

Lance.

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