Looks good. The image with radiosity looks smoother although it is all 
in focus and the metal shelf is not. How did you turn the image into a 
function? Are there any lights on the scene besides the background?

FlyerX

Samuel Benge wrote:
> Hello Everyone,
> 
> I've been trying to get HDR effects with the official version of POV-Ray 
> (v3.6). I render a scene using the spherical camera and then use it as 
> illumination for my objects. It has been working well so far. Each of 
> these images took less than twenty minutes to render (see file name for 
> minutes and seconds). Both were rendered with focal blur, which helps to 
> reduce apparent image_map artifacts. One was rendered with radiosity and 
> the other (metal shelf) was not.
> 
> The background image was turned into a function, separated into it's 
> individual R G B channels, tweaked with a 1.n poly_wave value, and 
> intensified to suit the scene.
> 
> So what do you think? Should I scrap this project and use MegaPOV? Or 
> should I post the code?
> 
> Comments and criticisms always welcome!
> 
> ~Sam
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