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> I like it. I also like the idea of raytraced signes to be able to
> point in another direction than straight left or right.

Thanks
 
> It looks as if some leaves are a couple of millimeters thick. These 
> leafs are in the shape of the green leaf in front of the pole. I do
> not know the english name for the tree but it looks like the one that
> may have the latin name of Platanus Acerifolia.

Yes, this is an problem with current leafs "implementation", thay are made 
as height-fiels, looking from front leaf is :

    (C)

 -_-_---__-
/          \    (A)
|          |
  
    (B)


so it in fact is thin, but if You look from direction (A) not (B)or(C) then 
it looks thick. In nevt version leaf shuld look correctly, like





 ___--__
/       \
         \_---   (a hardly "crushed by wind" leaf)

etc.


 
> None of the leaves have stalks. I assume that is a result of the way
> you generate them.

Stalks means "talis" ? Yes, I will probably do them separetly as i.e. 
cylinder (or sphere sweep/spline)
 



-- 
#macro g(U,V)(.4*abs(sin(9*sqrt(pow(x-U,2)+pow(y-V,2))))*pow(1-min(1,(sqrt(
pow(x-U,2)+pow(y-V,2))*.3)),2)+.9)#end#macro p(c)#if(c>1)#local l=mod(c,100
);g(2*div(l,10)-8,2*mod(l,10)-8)*p(div(c,100))#else 1#end#end light_source{
y 2}sphere{z*20 9pigment{function{p(26252423)*p(36455644)*p(66656463)}}}//M

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