"Shay" <dd### [at] dddd> wrote in message news:42765166@news.povray.org...
> James Buddenhagen wrote:
> > <snip> All I did was supply image maps, play 
> > with parameters, and other tiny changes.
> 
> <soapbox>
> It really bothers me that so many pictures here start with, of all 
> things, an Internet search. And not just for reference. For objects and 
> pictures to fill in a scene.

The image I posted did not start as an 'Internet search'.  I am new at POV 
and looking at other peoples stuff and tutorials is very helpful to me.
In fact I did not set out to make any image.  I simply clicked on a link 
posted in the recent 'autobahn' thread in this news group. Stefano Tessarin 
raised the question of whether the pavement textures (in Jaime's image) 
are procedurals or image_maps and Zeger Knaepen replied 

  " Knowing Jaime, it's probably a proceduralized image_map:
    http://ignorancia.org/tech_page.php?image=23&db=tips "

Hey, I didn't even know what the question meant, but I clicked on the link. 
The pictures at that site (of Jaime Vives Piqueres) look really neat to me 
and there was a clickable item for the source. So of course I downloaded it 
to see how he did it. It was natural to try my own images (from digital 
photos that I took) as image maps, and to play with parameters to see 
what I would get.  After some fun hours of experimenting I came up with 
the image I posted.  I very carefully gave Jaime credit for the code 
and explained my role.  So, quite frankly I don't know what your problem is.

> The near limitless possibilities of our blank "canvas" become restricted 
> to a very finite set when the success of a Google search determines the 
> direction of a scene.

Nonsense.  There is no reason one cannot look on the internet to try 
to learn and also later apply the knowleged gained to a blank canvas. 
In fact I have posted several images here that started from a totally 
a 'blank canvas'.
 
> Below is a small attachment. A little experimenting with POV-Ray 
> pigments. Not perfect, but I'm no geologist.
> </soapbox>

I have no idea what your attachment was trying to show.  I certainly 
wouldn't substitute it for the floor texture of the image I posted, 
which started out as a digital image of an abstract ceramic sculpture 
that I made.

Jim Buddenhagen

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