"Kenneth" <kdw### [at] earthlinknet> wrote in message
> "nemesis" <nam### [at] gmailcom> wrote:
>> "Kenneth" <kdw### [at] earthlinknet> wrote:
>> > "Jon S. Berndt" <jsb### [at] hal-pcorg> wrote:
>> > This is *the* image that originally piqued my interest in using 
>> > POV-Ray; I
>> > had never seen anything like it before. An excellent choice for your
>> > magazine, I agree.
>>
>> hi, man.  is this it?
>> http://hof.povray.org/rocket.html
>
> Yes!  It's also in the IRTC entries here...
> http://www.irtc.org/stills/2004-04-30.html
> which is probably where I first came across it. Even now--after using POV
> for awhile--I'm still astounded by that image. I consider it a kind of
> "benchmark," to aspire to.
>
> Ken

What I like about this picture is that it isn't simply a showcase of POV-Ray 
capabilities, but that it uses POV-Ray to tell a story - or to imply the 
beginning of a story. It's a well-done single frame that introduces a story 
that unfolds in your mind.

Jon

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