Let's not start a war on this, but the english pronunciation of "tank" (like
in tanker) is not so bad to mimic "petanque)
Philippe

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>Ph Gibone wrote:
>>
>> Rather : Pay Tank
>> Philippe

>> <372DD654.473FC149@compuserve.com>...
>> >For info, it's also called "petanque" (pay-tonk, phonetically).
>> >
>> >Fabien.
>
>Oui, si tu le prononce a la francaise !
>;)
>
>Fabien.

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Thanks for all the comments. I hope I find some hours this week to improve the
image.

So long

Jan

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Nice texture.  Thanks David.

Cheers
Steve

David Wilkinson wrote:
> 
> On Mon, 03 May 1999 10:39:06 퍭, Jan Schaefer <jan### [at] imiseuni-leipzigde>
> wrote:
> 
> >Hi,
> >
> >this is my first picture I post to this group. I hope it looks not to much like
> >the boring but also famous "mirror-ball-on-checkered-plane-thing" ...
> >
> >It shows a game called Boule. I think they play it mostly in France.
> >
> >I need some help to brighten the shadows and to improve the ground.
> >
> >So feel free to comment. Both types of commenting, positive and negative, are
> >welcome.
> >
> >So long,
> >
> >Jan
> 
> Jan,
> An interesting subject for a first effort. I wish I had thought of it first!
> If, however, you are looking for realism, the boules need to be scratched and
> and the grooves a bit deeper.  The ground would be better using a granite
> texture to look more like a coarse sand.
> e.g.
> 
> texture {
>       pigment {
>               granite
> 
>               color_map {
>                 [0.1 color rgb<3,3,1.5>]
>                 [0.3 color rgb<2,1.5,1>]
>                 [1.0  color rgb<1.5,1,0.8> ]
>                         }
> 
>              turbulence  0.5
>       }
>        scale 0.001
>        normal{bumps 1 scale 0.001}
>        finish { phong 0.8}
> }
> 
> ------------
> dav### [at] cwcomnet
> http://www.hamiltonite.mcmail.com
> ------------

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Fine work indeed.

A few suggestions:

a) More interesting sky.

b) Head complete with sunhat looking down to see which ball is
closest
    (reflected of balls).

c) A tree behind the camera reflected on the balls and casting a
patchy       shadow over the imediate vicinity, (you'll need
Gilless' tree macro for     this from:
http://www.mediaport.net/Artichaud/Tran/gtran.en.html


Keep up the good work and let us see the finished product.

Cheers
Steve

  


Jan Schaefer wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> this is my first picture I post to this group. I hope it looks not to much like
> the boring but also famous "mirror-ball-on-checkered-plane-thing" ...
> 
> It shows a game called Boule. I think they play it mostly in France.
> 
> I need some help to brighten the shadows and to improve the ground.
> 
> So feel free to comment. Both types of commenting, positive and negative, are
> welcome.
> 
> So long,
> 
> Jan
> 
>   -----------------------------------------------------------------
>  [Image]

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By the time anyone reads this it will be too late, but the game Boule is
being demonstrated on "Mumphy" on the Fox Family Channel even as I write
this.

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