In article <3c8fff40@news.povray.org>,
 "Sir Charles W. Shults III" <aic### [at] cflrrcom> wrote:

>     Okay, I have added a few items, such as a sign, some conduits, etc.  I
> still have to do some obvious things, but life sometimes intrudes on the
> virtual world, sigh.  Of note is the fact that even at 1280x1024 resolution
> with AA on, this image renders in less than 8 minutes on my Pentium 1.2GHz
> machine.

The shadows look too sharp, like they are from light shining through the 
wormhole instead of light from the wormhole. For something like this, 
radiosity might be best. And maybe a media glow around the 
electrodes/coils surrounding the wormhole.
That should also help take care of your rendering speed problem... ;-)

Also, the texturing looks kind of flat...I suggest using ambient 0 on 
anything that isn't supposed to glow, and putting a fill light at the 
camera position. This way, shadows are lit, but you still get shading.
And maybe some more dirt, but this looks like it might be a laboratory 
clean-room environment.

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Christopher James Huff <chr### [at] maccom>
POV-Ray TAG e-mail: chr### [at] tagpovrayorg
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