Well folks, I think I've finally done it. I've managed to successfully 
alter my luminous bloom code to accommodate POV-Ray's new .hdr file 
format. This will probably work only with the beta versions.

The attached image shows the effect. Notice the phong highlight, how it 
produces a bright, diagonal glare. The color of the highlight really 
shows up nicely. Look at the other portions of the image. Areas which 
would normally show a lot of glare now produce only a minimal effect.

The scene's objects have really low diffuse values. The yellow light 
source has an intensity of about 20, and the phong highlight has a value 
of one.

Unfortunately, .hdr images tend to render more slowly than other 
formats, and it really affects the final render time when many of them 
are averaged together in this kind of implementation.

I hope to release both new luminous bloom versions soon.

Sam

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