"Thomas de Groot" <t.d### [at] internlDOTnet> wrote:
> "FlaPovFan" <nomail@nomail> schreef in bericht
> news:web.4666655d40380cde321f20430@news.povray.org...
> >
> > Thanks all for the help.  I redid the image with slightly less stylized
> > palm
> > fronds and, of course, a smaller boat.  I straightened out the horizon
> > also.
> > I tried placing the light behind the storm cloud to add to the effect of
> > the type 5 scattering, but it didn't improve the appearance.
> >
> > Mostly I posted this to see if many other people are using Anim8or to
> > model
> > for Pov-Ray.
> >
> >
> Yes, this is much better indeed. The water too is looking better, although I
> miss the breaking of the waves against the island (That's another kettle of
> fish entirely).
> Remains the texture of the island where the triangulation of the
> height_field is a bit too visible I guess. I would also play a bit with the
> slope/altitude parameter to get a more interesting effect.
> Concerning the cloud, consider Nemesis' answer.
>
> Thomas


Thanks, Thomas, nemesis and Ross for the help.  Another redesign of the palm
fronds to introduce some more depth and randomness.  The heightfield is
scaled down along the y-axis and the color of the sand changed.  I finally
backlit the clouds to help show off the "eccentricity" in Type 5
scattering.

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