Attached is my current WIP - a derivative work of Rene Magritte's 1935 
piece 'The Human Condition'  (http://www.atara.net/magritte/)

Image 1 shows where I'm up to with the 'Hero' shot .. I've discovered 
that Magritte's angles are a little bit hard to find .. to get them I 
need a wider lens and to be closer, however I'll play with finding them. 
The colors aren't 100% yet, but that's once again, just a case of playing.

Image 2 is Magritte's original

Image 3 shows a view of the island room from out at sea and shows the 
problem I'm having.

Image 4 is just for show to detail the skylight I've put in the roof. I 
think it looks rather naf and so I included it :)

OK, to the problem then.

You may have already noticed it in images 1 and 3. Where the water meets 
the sand, I get a hard line. The sand is a flattened sphere that does 
extend under the water plane far enough, however when the water 
finishes, I get a very hard line.

Can anyone help me with this point? I'm sure there's people that have 
joined water and sand a whole lot more successfully than I have here. I 
need your wisdom!

I've also attached the scene file, in case anyone wants to play. It only 
uses inc files that come with POV-Ray and it renders in just a couple of 
seconds.

My plans are to turn the room into a gallery of his work, but to make 
each of the works in the gallery also 3D. My next challenge will be 
'Ce'st ne pas un pipe' (This is not a pipe) in which I imagine I'll need 
to move beyond primatives :)

Thanks and Cheers!
Rick Measham

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