I think I'm going to stick with this idea for the IRTC.

 Thomas, you'd make a good detective as you were really close with what I 
was doing. :)

Anyway, it 'is' a grain of sand. I found a great site when looking for 
images of a single grain of sand which is here:

  http://www.sandgrains.com/fine_art_prints.htm

 These grains are quite exotic and unusual in that they are Maui sand grains 
magnified at 200x, which, as you'll see, are made from various sea-life 
forms. With this image, I've tried to recreate the blue translucency of the 
snailshell images, but used my own model inside the grain. I think it's kind 
of working, but I've got to get the natural inclusions a lot better.

  (I think I'll try the Brittlestar idea too).

  Hope you like it, comments welcome.


   ~Steve~

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St. wrote:
> I think I'm going to stick with this idea for the IRTC.
> 
> Thomas, you'd make a good detective as you were really close with what I 
> was doing. :)
> 
> Anyway, it 'is' a grain of sand. I found a great site when looking for 
> images of a single grain of sand which is here:
> 
>  http://www.sandgrains.com/fine_art_prints.htm
> 
> These grains are quite exotic and unusual in that they are Maui sand 
> grains magnified at 200x, which, as you'll see, are made from various 
> sea-life forms. With this image, I've tried to recreate the blue 
> translucency of the snailshell images, but used my own model inside the 
> grain. I think it's kind of working, but I've got to get the natural 
> inclusions a lot better.
> 
>  (I think I'll try the Brittlestar idea too).
> 
>  Hope you like it, comments welcome.
Very cool.

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On Sun, 31 Jul 2005 14:14:36 +0100, "St." <dot### [at] dotcom> wrote:

>
>  Hope you like it, comments welcome.

Very nice! It is calling out for a white plinth and radiosity. If you
have the time :-)


Regards
        Stephen

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"Jim Charter" <jrc### [at] msncom> wrote in message 
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> Very cool.

   Thanks Jim! Very welcome. :)

    How about this next one then?

     Man, I'm *loving* media...

   This was fast; 4 minutes 40 seconds....

   ~Steve~

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"Stephen McAvoy" <mca### [at] aolcom> wrote in message 
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> On Sun, 31 Jul 2005 14:14:36 +0100, "St." <dot### [at] dotcom> wrote:
>
>>
>>  Hope you like it, comments welcome.
>
> Very nice! It is calling out for a white plinth and radiosity. If you
> have the time :-)

   Heh, I have the time Stephen, but does PovRay have time for me?

   Thank you, I'll give it a go some time.

     ~Steve~


> Regards
        Stephen

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On Sun, 31 Jul 2005 22:00:38 +0100, St. wrote:

> How about this next one then?

Oooh, very nice. :-)

Jim

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"St." <dot### [at] dotcom> schreef in bericht news:42eccf27@news.povray.org...
> I think I'm going to stick with this idea for the IRTC.
>
>  Thomas, you'd make a good detective as you were really close with what I
> was doing. :)
>
> Anyway, it 'is' a grain of sand. I found a great site when looking for
> images of a single grain of sand which is here:
>

Ah ha!! microfossils eroded from some rocks and worn down to sand grain
size! I had no clue about the real size of your image, so I was thinking
about larger animals. I am no detective, Steve, but I happen to be a
geologist, so it did not look so alien to me... ;-)

Very beautiful image in any case!!

Thomas

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"Thomas de Groot" <t.d### [at] internlnet> wrote in message 
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>
> "St." <dot### [at] dotcom> schreef in bericht news:42eccf27@news.povray.org...
>> I think I'm going to stick with this idea for the IRTC.
>>
>>  Thomas, you'd make a good detective as you were really close with what I
>> was doing. :)
>>
>> Anyway, it 'is' a grain of sand. I found a great site when looking for
>> images of a single grain of sand which is here:
>>
>
> Ah ha!! microfossils eroded from some rocks and worn down to sand grain
> size! I had no clue about the real size of your image, so I was thinking
> about larger animals. I am no detective, Steve, but I happen to be a
> geologist, so it did not look so alien to me... ;-)

     :)

>
> Very beautiful image in any case!!

   Thank you Thomas! You know, since I found that site I've really taken an 
interest in microscopy(?) I think I'll try and do a few more images like 
this.

     ~Steve~


>
> Thomas
>
>

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Brittlestar updated.

  ~Steve~

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St. wrote:
> 
> "Jim Charter" <jrc### [at] msncom> wrote in message 
> news:42ed0010$1@news.povray.org...
> 
>> Very cool.
> 
> 
>   Thanks Jim! Very welcome. :)
> 
>    How about this next one then?
> 
>     Man, I'm *loving* media...
> 
>   This was fast; 4 minutes 40 seconds....
> 
That rocks!  The picture I mean.  But the render time rocks too.  I 
think you've found another POV vein to mine.

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