Rene Bui wrote:
> Jim Charter <jrc### [at] msncom> wrote:
> 

> Why not try a black bg with a stronger and harsh light.

Many test runs are like that and it must be said they look very pretty. 
  The spot light with falloff alone gives a very nice sense of the fish 
emerging from the gloom and the color looks clear and crisp.

In this latest test I reduced the degree of large flopsum, added a fine 
grained pea and reduced the general scattering to almost black.  I also 
added real absorption to produce the color from the overhead light 
(formerly it was just a colored light overhead.)

Also, in response to gonzo I adjusted the whole scene so that the camera 
is now about 8 units from an 11 unit shark with a fade distance about 6 
units, fade power 7 or so and a lens and spotlight angle of around 60 
degrees.  The overhead light is about 100 units up with fade at 50 
units, power 4.  I also used the Rune/Shay contrast trick

There is also enough modelling changes in this one, mostly to the eye 
and vicinity and lower jaw, that I had to do a lot of work to fix the uv 
map.  But I am not entirely happy with the results so I attach a 
downscaled shot of the test here.

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