I know, I know, nothing much has changed, but I've
let POV-Ray render a somewhat "complete draft"
to check lighting and scene composition in terms
of bright spots calling for attention.
I've decided to go back to the beginning and have
the Worldbowl be the only bright lightsource, but I've
thought about adding some nice candles (not those tall
ones, but those tiny cylinder ones, which are cupped in
those little aluminium shells, they're called "Teelichter"
here in Germany, but "tea-lights" isn't the correct
translation, me thinks).

In case some of you think that the image is too dark,
well, radiosity will probably be used for correct ambient
lighting, and if those candles make it into the final image,
they'll shed even more light into the room.

I've decided now to move on and remodel the table and
its textures, it takes up a lot of space in the image but doesn't
look too nice.

I'd like if some of you could give me comments on the outside
clouds. The room itself (due to the angle) is almost completely
unlit by the moon (at least whats visible in the room), so I can
raise the lightsources rgb and lower it as I like. I'm wondering
if the clouds are too bright now, or if I should attenuate them
even more.
Also, the former image-map for the moon was changed, with
less brightness and more contrast. Doesn't look so nice IMHO,
so I'll remake that one and perhaps just try one with more
contrast.

Well, sorry for not using Anti-Aliasing or the intended area-lights,
but the image took forever even without these two, so I guess
that'll be saved for the final image.

Regards,
Tim

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Tim Nikias
Homepage: http://www.digitaltwilight.de/no_lights/index.html
Email: Tim### [at] gmxde

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Tea-lights is the correct translation. :-)


"Tim Nikias" <tim### [at] gmxde> wrote in message
news:3e325b53@news.povray.org...
> I know, I know, nothing much has changed, but I've
> let POV-Ray render a somewhat "complete draft"
> to check lighting and scene composition in terms
> of bright spots calling for attention.
> I've decided to go back to the beginning and have
> the Worldbowl be the only bright lightsource, but I've
> thought about adding some nice candles (not those tall
> ones, but those tiny cylinder ones, which are cupped in
> those little aluminium shells, they're called "Teelichter"
> here in Germany, but "tea-lights" isn't the correct
> translation, me thinks).
>
> In case some of you think that the image is too dark,
> well, radiosity will probably be used for correct ambient
> lighting, and if those candles make it into the final image,
> they'll shed even more light into the room.
>
> I've decided now to move on and remodel the table and
> its textures, it takes up a lot of space in the image but doesn't
> look too nice.
>
> I'd like if some of you could give me comments on the outside
> clouds. The room itself (due to the angle) is almost completely
> unlit by the moon (at least whats visible in the room), so I can
> raise the lightsources rgb and lower it as I like. I'm wondering
> if the clouds are too bright now, or if I should attenuate them
> even more.
> Also, the former image-map for the moon was changed, with
> less brightness and more contrast. Doesn't look so nice IMHO,
> so I'll remake that one and perhaps just try one with more
> contrast.
>
> Well, sorry for not using Anti-Aliasing or the intended area-lights,
> but the image took forever even without these two, so I guess
> that'll be saved for the final image.
>
> Regards,
> Tim
>
> --
> Tim Nikias
> Homepage: http://www.digitaltwilight.de/no_lights/index.html
> Email: Tim### [at] gmxde
>
>
>

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Really!? Who would a-thought-a-that?
Sometimes its fascinating what gets translated
word-by-word, and what doesn't.
Like kindergarten. ;-)


--
Tim Nikias
Homepage: http://www.digitaltwilight.de/no_lights/index.html
Email: Tim### [at] gmxde

> Tea-lights is the correct translation. :-)

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Much better, Tim! Ths shot definitely benefitted from having your main
subject, the worldbowl, take up more of  the frame. It was too small in the
last few tests.
Good work :)

George


"Tim Nikias" <tim### [at] gmxde> wrote in message
news:3e325b53@news.povray.org...
> I know, I know, nothing much has changed, but I've
> let POV-Ray render a somewhat "complete draft"
> to check lighting and scene composition in terms
> of bright spots calling for attention.
> I've decided to go back to the beginning and have
> the Worldbowl be the only bright lightsource, but I've
> thought about adding some nice candles (not those tall
> ones, but those tiny cylinder ones, which are cupped in
> those little aluminium shells, they're called "Teelichter"
> here in Germany, but "tea-lights" isn't the correct
> translation, me thinks).
>
> In case some of you think that the image is too dark,
> well, radiosity will probably be used for correct ambient
> lighting, and if those candles make it into the final image,
> they'll shed even more light into the room.
>
> I've decided now to move on and remodel the table and
> its textures, it takes up a lot of space in the image but doesn't
> look too nice.
>
> I'd like if some of you could give me comments on the outside
> clouds. The room itself (due to the angle) is almost completely
> unlit by the moon (at least whats visible in the room), so I can
> raise the lightsources rgb and lower it as I like. I'm wondering
> if the clouds are too bright now, or if I should attenuate them
> even more.
> Also, the former image-map for the moon was changed, with
> less brightness and more contrast. Doesn't look so nice IMHO,
> so I'll remake that one and perhaps just try one with more
> contrast.
>
> Well, sorry for not using Anti-Aliasing or the intended area-lights,
> but the image took forever even without these two, so I guess
> that'll be saved for the final image.
>
> Regards,
> Tim
>
> --
> Tim Nikias
> Homepage: http://www.digitaltwilight.de/no_lights/index.html
> Email: Tim### [at] gmxde
>
>
>

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