Bill Hails wrote:
> Not sure on policy for photo/raytrace composites, so I won't
> post the actual image here. I'm quite pleased with it though:
> 
> http://billhails.net/Gallery/visitor.html
> 

Very nice, Bill. I think it would look more "integrated" if the textures 
were less reflective, so you will see a bit of the shading of the object 
"matching" the real scene lighting.

BTW, I purchased a very good mirror ball some months ago, but I found my 
camera only has autofocus, and it refuses to focus the on reflected 
environment, so I can't get a sharp HDRI. The lighting comes out very 
nice, but the reflections are always very blurred... anyone go a trick 
for this situation? Or should I buy a camera with manual focus?

P.S.: I tried to create the HDRI also with MegaPOV HDR output, without 
having to resort to external utilities, but I'm still polishing the 
method. It uses concentric spheres for each exposure shot, and 
successive transparency with increasing ambient values, but it's 
somewhat esoteric to adjust by now.

--
Jaime

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