Here it is again. Some color and ground changes, dappled sunlight are
only differences. Jpg this time too, still 640x480.
Anyone could find the mutant shamrock now.
Still no flowers, parse and render time is so great even for small tests
it's slowing me down. Forget about 'atmosphere' (this is 3.02), way too
slow for my impatience.


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Bob Hughes wrote:
> 
> Here it is again. Some color and ground changes, dappled sunlight are
> only differences. Jpg this time too, still 640x480.
> Anyone could find the mutant shamrock now.
> Still no flowers, parse and render time is so great even for small tests
> it's slowing me down. Forget about 'atmosphere' (this is 3.02), way too
> slow for my impatience.
> 
> --
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>   http://members.aol.com/inversez/POVring.htm
> =Bob

...that I overlooked before !

Peechy keen stuff ! Neeto and spiffy !

I found the quadrapetal clover in 2 sec's. Is there a prize ?

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Same here!!!

Nice work!

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Thanks, and yes there is a prize, but you should have already gotten it
when you retrieved the message. The picture is it. <snicker>

Lance Birch wrote:
> 
> Same here!!!
> 
> Nice work!
> 
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Bob Hughes wrote:
> 
> Thanks, and yes there is a prize, but you should have already gotten it
> when you retrieved the message. The picture is it. <snicker>

You know Saint Paddys day is still aways off :)
Should have saved it.

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Wow! I saw the first image, but this one really is impressive.
I'd like to use that if I may.
Please?
;-)

Remco

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This actually has me inspired.  Something about the intricate beauty of
plants that I can't resist.

Btw, I found the 4-leaf clover in about 3 seconds once I decided to look
for it. :)

-Mike

Bob Hughes wrote:
> 
> Here it is again. Some color and ground changes, dappled sunlight are
> only differences. Jpg this time too, still 640x480.
> Anyone could find the mutant shamrock now.
> Still no flowers, parse and render time is so great even for small tests
> it's slowing me down. Forget about 'atmosphere' (this is 3.02), way too
> slow for my impatience.
> 
> --
>  omniVERSE: beyond the universe
>   http://members.aol.com/inversez/POVring.htm
> =Bob
> 
>   ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>  [Image]

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This is even more beautiful than the first one... but aren't clovers closer to
the ground than that? The stems look too tall to me...

Josh English
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Bob Hughes wrote:

> Here it is again. Some color and ground changes, dappled sunlight are
> only differences. Jpg this time too, still 640x480.
> Anyone could find the mutant shamrock now.
> Still no flowers, parse and render time is so great even for small tests
> it's slowing me down. Forget about 'atmosphere' (this is 3.02), way too
> slow for my impatience.
>
> --
>  omniVERSE: beyond the universe
>   http://members.aol.com/inversez/POVring.htm
> =Bob
>
>   ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>  [Image]

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Don't tell me you're falling in love with a clover now are you?

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Great pic, but I suppose there is no easy way to keep the leaves from
cutting into each other.

Bob Hughes wrote:
> 
> Here it is again. Some color and ground changes, dappled sunlight are
> only differences. Jpg this time too, still 640x480.
> Anyone could find the mutant shamrock now.
> Still no flowers, parse and render time is so great even for small tests
> it's slowing me down. Forget about 'atmosphere' (this is 3.02), way too
> slow for my impatience.
> 
> --
>  omniVERSE: beyond the universe
>   http://members.aol.com/inversez/POVring.htm
> =Bob
> 
>   --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>  [Image]

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Yes you may. Send me a percentage of the "green" (profit) you make off
it, if any. Bet that means 0%
Enjoy 'til the green of the picture gets to you after seeing it more
than an hour, didn't last long as Wallpaper here.

Remco de Korte wrote:
> 
> Wow! I saw the first image, but this one really is impressive.
> I'd like to use that if I may.
> Please?
> ;-)
> 
> Remco

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Heck, you already have inspiration about vegetation, I think.
You can find it now with averted vision ;)

Mike wrote:
> 
> This actually has me inspired.  Something about the intricate beauty of
> plants that I can't resist.
> 
> Btw, I found the 4-leaf clover in about 3 seconds once I decided to look
> for it. :)
> 
> -Mike
> 
> Bob Hughes wrote:
> >
> > Here it is again. Some color and ground changes, dappled sunlight are
> > only differences. Jpg this time too, still 640x480.
> > Anyone could find the mutant shamrock now.
> > Still no flowers, parse and render time is so great even for small tests
> > it's slowing me down. Forget about 'atmosphere' (this is 3.02), way too
> > slow for my impatience.
> >
> > --
> >  omniVERSE: beyond the universe
> >   http://members.aol.com/inversez/POVring.htm
> > =Bob
> >
> >   ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> >  [Image]

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Yeah, think it has a lot to do with scale, think smaller. And I only
used cones for the stems to make things simple but I have plucked many a
four-leaf clover (mmmm... half dozen in a lifetime?) that were sticking
out of the ground like these. If you look at clover varieties they are
many and varied. I didn't locate any pictures or info looking like this
but then they are a guess to begin with, at least until spring. Not true
to life.

Josh English wrote:
> 
> This is even more beautiful than the first one... but aren't clovers closer to
> the ground than that? The stems look too tall to me...
> 
> Josh English
> eng### [at] spiritonecom
> 
> Bob Hughes wrote:
> 
> > Here it is again. Some color and ground changes, dappled sunlight are
> > only differences. Jpg this time too, still 640x480.
> > Anyone could find the mutant shamrock now.
> > Still no flowers, parse and render time is so great even for small tests
> > it's slowing me down. Forget about 'atmosphere' (this is 3.02), way too
> > slow for my impatience.
> >
> > --
> >  omniVERSE: beyond the universe
> >   http://members.aol.com/inversez/POVring.htm
> > =Bob
> >
> >   ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> >  [Image]

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Gee, no way I know of. The leaves are discs. The clovers are not very
well randomly scattered too. Clumsy translation, rotation, using
'rand()'. Everything ended up clumping near center and spreading out at
edges. Although, this is actually how these things tend to grow I think.
Now you know why the focal blur is there.

Erik wrote:
> 
> Great pic, but I suppose there is no easy way to keep the leaves from
> cutting into each other.
> 
> Bob Hughes wrote:
> >
> > Here it is again. Some color and ground changes, dappled sunlight are
> > only differences. Jpg this time too, still 640x480.
> > Anyone could find the mutant shamrock now.
> > Still no flowers, parse and render time is so great even for small tests
> > it's slowing me down. Forget about 'atmosphere' (this is 3.02), way too
> > slow for my impatience.
> >
> > --
> >  omniVERSE: beyond the universe
> >   http://members.aol.com/inversez/POVring.htm
> > =Bob
> >
> >   --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> >  [Image]

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I saw the first clover image and thought it was great.  I didn't think
it could be improved, but you proved me wrong.  I'm curious, what was
the render time for this image?  Any possibility of uploading the
source?  I have no idea of how to go about making something like this,
but would like to learn.
		Kyle

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Bob Hughes wrote:
> 
> Yes you may. Send me a percentage of the "green" (profit) you make off
> it, if any. Bet that means 0%
> Enjoy 'til the green of the picture gets to you after seeing it more
> than an hour, didn't last long as Wallpaper here.
> 
> Remco de Korte wrote:

Thanks.

Actually green is my least favourite colour and still I had a desktop full of
brussels sprouts for a couple of weeks. My icons were sprouts too. It eventually
drove me crazy. Which explains a lot.

Remco

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Sure, why not. I'll put it in the binaries I think. Might be too long
for the text group (maybe not).
The only difficult part is the taming of the 'rand'. *Controlling*
randomness isn't exactly fun you know. Okay, maybe it is.
I debated using a grid with added randomness for better control of the
overall spatial aspect. But the translate/rotate with increasing change
made for this easy first try. If you see the script it'll make more
sense (not likely though, it is *my* script after all).
Oh yeah, focal blur caused it to be about 3 and a half hours on this
233MMX if I remember right.
And thanks for the interest, Kyle.

Kyle wrote:
> 
> I saw the first clover image and thought it was great.  I didn't think
> it could be improved, but you proved me wrong.  I'm curious, what was
> the render time for this image?  Any possibility of uploading the
> source?  I have no idea of how to go about making something like this,
> but would like to learn.
>                 Kyle

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Man, that would make a great jigsaw puzzle!

Nice work.

Bob Hughes wrote:

> Here it is again. Some color and ground changes, dappled sunlight are
> only differences. Jpg this time too, still 640x480.
> Anyone could find the mutant shamrock now.
> Still no flowers, parse and render time is so great even for small tests
> it's slowing me down. Forget about 'atmosphere' (this is 3.02), way too
> slow for my impatience.
>
> --
>  omniVERSE: beyond the universe
>   http://members.aol.com/inversez/POVring.htm
> =Bob
>
>   ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>  [Image]



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Jigsaw puzzle?! Don't remind me. Put together a Titanic puzzle while on
Christmas visit with relatives (and everyone helped), still can't forget
that. And it had lots of obvious color changes and markings.
Thanks for the compliment, I think...

Bryan Valencia wrote:
> 
> Man, that would make a great jigsaw puzzle!
> 
> Nice work.
> 
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> Software Services
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