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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St. wrote:
> Brittlestar updated.
> 
>  ~Steve~
> 
> 
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> 
The little Steve that could!  You just kept pounding away at it.  And 
now you are on to something very very promising.

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Thomas de Groot wrote:
  but I happen to be a
> geologist, 

I've been wondering.

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"Jim Charter" <jrc### [at] msncom> wrote in message 
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> St. wrote:
>> Brittlestar updated.
>>
>>  ~Steve~
>>
>>
>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>
> The little Steve that could!

  LOL!  :o)  My Aunties and Uncles used to call me that!


You just kept pounding away at it.  And
> now you are on to something very very promising.

   Hehe, well, thank you very much Jim. :) It means a lot to me.

   Once I found that site, I saw possibilities with the idea, so I'll have a 
little play-around and try to get this one finalised.

     Thanks Jim.

     ~Steve~

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"St." <dot### [at] dotcom> wrote:
> With this image, I've tried to recreate the blue translucency of the
> snailshell images, but used my own model inside the grain.

WOW!!! I love that blue translucency effect.  Could you share the code for
that part?  I'd like to try and play with it in some of my TRON models.

Thanks,
Carl

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Fantastic idea and renderings, Steve.

Have you used 'absorption' in your media?

That web page of sand grain photos shows this kind of thing to be more 
transparent except where the boundaries/outlines/thickest parts are, so I'm 
wondering if less scattering is needed but with more absorption. Actually, 
thinking about it more, that would make it even more opaque in the wrong 
places. Needs to be most opaque along those edges and inner lines somehow... 
and wish I knew what to suggest for doing that.

Bob

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"Carl" <car### [at] semisouthcom> wrote in message 
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> "St." <dot### [at] dotcom> wrote:
>> With this image, I've tried to recreate the blue translucency of the
>> snailshell images, but used my own model inside the grain.
>
> WOW!!! I love that blue translucency effect.  Could you share the code for
> that part?  I'd like to try and play with it in some of my TRON models.

   Thanks Carl! :) Yep, you'll find the .pov file in scene-files. Hope you 
find it useful.

    ~Steve~

>
> Thanks,
> Carl
>

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"Jim Charter" <jrc### [at] msncom> schreef in bericht
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> Thomas de Groot wrote:
>   but I happen to be a
> > geologist,
>
> I've been wondering.

Oh well... you cannot keep secrets long in this ng!  ;-)

Thomas

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St. wrote:
 >

Very cool. I like this first one best. Has the best glow.

  -Shay

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"Shay" <dd### [at] dddd> wrote in message news:42f0131b$1@news.povray.org...
> St. wrote:
> >
> 
> Very cool. I like this first one best. Has the best glow.

    The snail version? I like that one too. 

     ~Steve~


> 
>  -Shay

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