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  Re: My first image  
From: Stephen
Date: 20 Apr 2007 03:05:43
Message: <8gpg23loqf2vt39qsb2qm3hdt7631ectd8@4ax.com>
On Thu, 19 Apr 2007 17:49:09 EDT, "Allan" <all### [at] WholeCheesecom> wrote:

>
>Thank you for the reply and kind words!
>

I was waiting for someone to reply so I could find it again.

>> No it's not that bad but it has been added to a 2005 thread so it's been
>> overlooked.
>
>Not sure how it was added to a 2005 thread.  Do computers make mistakes?
>:-)

No, but when there is an ambiguity the result is often not what you expect. In
this case the subject is the same "My first post" so my news reader appended
your post to the original.

>> I'm glad you posted again because I like this. IIRC the original had bigger
>> shadows but this is better than the original IMHO.
>
>IMHO the original is better because it was an original idea.  You can see
>the original photograph here:
>
>http://www.soulcatcherstudio.com/exhibitions/bernhard_99th/lifesavers.html
>
>My shadows are about the same size and angle but my "camera" is slightly
>lower so that I can get more Lifesavers in the view.  I am not satisfied
>with the texture of my plain, too smooth and not enough contrast variation.

Add some, or increase the plane normals. See Warp's excellent tutorial
http://warp.povusers.org/povtips/

Regards
	Stephen


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