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From: Jan Schaefer
Subject: Boule (speak: Boole)
Date: 3 May 1999 05:39:10
Message: <372D60AA.1506225D@imise.uni-leipzig.de>
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


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From: Rick (Kitty5)
Subject: Re: Boule (speak: Boole)
Date: 3 May 1999 13:12:47
Message: <372dcaff.0@news.povray.org>
Very nice so far, I assume they are CSG'd, dont worry about it looking to
like the infamous raytraced scene, we all, go back and have a mess with taht
from time to time :)

The sky, try using a layered texture on a giant sphere. Layer 1  is a
gradient going from Dblue to L.Blue (or orange to blue for a sunset theme)).
ayer 2 is a mostly transparent cloid texture. Its a bit tricky to get right
but looks good when right..

the ground is far to flat, try doing a HF coastline w beach, put the bools
on the beach. you wont have to go mad on the detail of the rest of the HF,
they would just add a bit more interest to the reflections.

Rick





Jan Schaefer <jan### [at] imiseuni-leipzigde> wrote in message
news:372D60AA.1506225D@imise.uni-leipzig.de...
> 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


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From: Fabien Mosen
Subject: Re: Boule (speak: Boole)
Date: 3 May 1999 14:06:36
Message: <372DD654.473FC149@compuserve.com>
For info, it's also called "petanque" (pay-tonk, phonetically).

Fabien.


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From: David Wilkinson
Subject: Re: Boule (speak: Boole)
Date: 3 May 1999 15:34:50
Message: <372fec40.4515756@news.povray.org>
On Mon, 03 May 1999 10:39:06 +0200, 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}
}       

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From: David Wilkinson
Subject: Re: Boule (speak: Boole)
Date: 3 May 1999 15:35:02
Message: <3730ec81.4580831@news.povray.org>
On Mon, 03 May 1999 10:39:06 +0200, 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}
}       

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From: Ph Gibone
Subject: Re: Boule (speak: Boole)
Date: 3 May 1999 15:42:44
Message: <372dee24.0@news.povray.org>
Rather : Pay Tank
Philippe

<372DD654.473FC149@compuserve.com>...
>For info, it's also called "petanque" (pay-tonk, phonetically).
>
>Fabien.


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From: Ph Gibone
Subject: Re: Boule (speak: Boole)
Date: 3 May 1999 15:47:45
Message: <372def51.0@news.povray.org>
>the ground is far to flat, try doing a HF coastline w beach, put the bools
>on the beach. you wont have to go mad on the detail of the rest of the HF,
>they would just add a bit more interest to the reflections.
>
>Rick
>


Hey Rick, we never play "boules" in the sand on the beach : far too easy for
the "pointeur" the one in the team who is supposed to place his "boule" as
close as possible of the "cochonnet", and far too hard (quite impossible)
for the "tireur" the one who is supposed to take away the "boules" of the
other team !

Small gravels on compressed sand would be ok.

Philippe


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From: Spider
Subject: Re: Boule (speak: Boole)
Date: 3 May 1999 16:04:37
Message: <372DF1F6.137752D8@bahnhof.se>
A good image, and a great interpretion of the reflective ball/plane theme..

As is posted here before, the ground needs more... a HF, or something else...
Can't tell, I don't play the game :-)

Anooother thing that would make this image a bbit better is area-lights... The
sin has a far softer shadow, in this angle at least...

Hmm... come to think of it.. this is the perfect scene to test a focal-blur on..
perhaps too much to start with, but... that's how we all learn.. :-)


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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	Get ahead, go figure, go ahead and pull the trigger
		Everything under the gun
			--"Sisters Of Mercy" -- "Under The Gun"


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From: Fabien Mosen
Subject: Re: Boule (speak: Boole)
Date: 3 May 1999 17:18:35
Message: <372E0339.E8B6303@compuserve.com>
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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From: Johannes Hubert
Subject: Re: Boule (speak: Boole)
Date: 3 May 1999 18:12:29
Message: <372e113d.0@news.povray.org>
Great!

Now add the grandfather-type guy in the distance who makes ready to cast the
next ball, only seen through reflection in the balls already lying there!
:-)
Maybe some other onlookers, contestors, bystanders? A park? A town? Ok, ok,
getting carried away, but still, the finish on the balls simply cries to
reflect some scenery!

Johannes.

Jan Schaefer wrote in message <372D60AA.1506225D@imise.uni-leipzig.de>...
>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


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