Yes, Darcy did create the original image, I hope this will clear that up.

Sorry Darcy if they thought it was my scene originally.

Ken wrote:

> Bob Hughes wrote:
> >
> > I see you're keeping the tilted lighthouse though ;)
> > Spiders may be right, and maybe not. The beam crosses nearly
> > perpendicular, I would suppose, to the observer due to the perspective
> > camera angle. This would be seen as a much diminished beam at such a
> > point. Are you using 'scattering' type 5? If not, you might want to try
> > it out, and set 'eccentricity' to greater than 0.
>
> The original lighthouse was posted by Darcy Johnston...
>
> The tilting you see is only an illusion created by it's proximity to
> the left side of the image demarcation line. The lighthouse wall has
> a tapered edge. The image edge is straight. If you concentrate your
> focus on the center of the screen instead of the lighthouse object you
> will percieve it as verticaly straight. If you concentrate your focus
> on the lighthouse object your eyes evaluate the angle of the lighthouse
> in relation to the image edge and you are tricked into thinking the
> lighthouse is tilted. Change your thinking, not the object, and you
> will find there is nothing wrong with it's orientation.
>
> Ken Tyler over and out.

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