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From: Tek
Subject: Alternate short code image
Date: 15 Dec 2006 11:00:08
Message: <4582c688@news.povray.org>
I entered an image of a night sky with clouds, because I thought it was more 
impressive than this earlier verison of the scene, and I didn't want to 
enter 2 versions of 1 scene. Still, in retrospect (considering it placed 
lower than my other entries), perhaps I should have submitted this version 
instead?

Wow am I a bad winner or what?! Seriously thanks to all who voted for my 
images :-) Congrats to the other winners! And thanks to Paul Bourke for 
organising this test of such a totally bizarre skill!

Anyway, here's the full code for this sunny version of my clouds:

cone{y/3,8,y+2*z/3,8pigment{rgbt 1}interior{media{scattering{2,20}emission 
7density{pigment_pattern{granite color_map{[.6rgb 0][.8rgb 
1]}}cubic_wave}intervals 8}}hollow}light_source{9*z+3,1/3}fog{distance 
8rgb<4,6,9>/6up y+z fog_type 2fog_alt 3}//sunny day

Enjoy!
-- 
Tek
http://evilsuperbrain.com


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From: Tek
Subject: Re: Alternate short code image
Date: 15 Dec 2006 11:02:32
Message: <4582c718$1@news.povray.org>
"Tek" <tek### [at] evilsuperbraincom> wrote in message 
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>I entered an image of a night sky with clouds, because I thought it was 
>more impressive than this earlier verison of the scene,

Typo, I meant the night version was more -technically- impressive IMO, I 
think the sunny one looks better artistically.

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Tek
http://evilsuperbrain.com


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From: Jim Charter
Subject: Re: Alternate short code image
Date: 15 Dec 2006 12:43:58
Message: <4582dede$1@news.povray.org>
Tek wrote:
> "Tek" <tek### [at] evilsuperbraincom> wrote in message 
> news:4582c688@news.povray.org...
> 
>>I entered an image of a night sky with clouds, because I thought it was 
>>more impressive than this earlier verison of the scene,
> 
> 
> Typo, I meant the night version was more -technically- impressive IMO, I 
> think the sunny one looks better artistically.
> 
lol I was going to compliment "Cloudy Night" for its artistic edginess 
over the prettier version. They are impressive but the contest was full 
of impressive pictures. (These cloud pictures have an interesting 
"Rorschach" component to them, btw)

Congrats on your winning entries.  "Dawn over the mountains" got my 
vote.  The technical side of it interested me little though.  These iso 
landscapes seem a well traveled route.  What impressed me was...that 
given that fact, the image was constructed so carefully to produce such 
a tender and delicately balanced result, that it actually overcame my 
prejudices.


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From: Jim Charter
Subject: Re: Alternate short code image
Date: 15 Dec 2006 13:03:18
Message: <4582e366@news.povray.org>
Tek wrote:
>And thanks to Paul Bourke for
> organising this test of such a totally bizarre skill!

Well stated!

These runner's up are my own potential entrees that ultimately didn't 
make *my* cut.

Le Salon des Refuses.


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From: Orchid XP v3
Subject: Re: Alternate short code image
Date: 15 Dec 2006 14:35:40
Message: <4582f90c$1@news.povray.org>
0wned!


Seriously, that's the best sky I've ever seen with POV-Ray. None of mine 
ever came close...


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From: Tek
Subject: Re: Alternate short code image
Date: 16 Dec 2006 07:28:45
Message: <4583e67d@news.povray.org>
"Orchid XP v3" <voi### [at] devnull> wrote in message 
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> Seriously, that's the best sky I've ever seen with POV-Ray. None of mine 
> ever came close...

You know what's really annoying? It's the best sky I've ever done, but it 
needs the default assumed_gamma and I always work with assumed_gamma 1, so I 
can't use this sky in my real scenes!!! AAARGH!

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Tek
http://evilsuperbrain.com


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From: dlm
Subject: Re: Alternate short code image
Date: 16 Dec 2006 12:08:24
Message: <45842808$1@news.povray.org>
"Tek" <tek### [at] evilsuperbraincom> wrote in message 
news:4582c688@news.povray.org...
> Wow am I a bad winner or what?! Seriously thanks to all who voted for my 
> images :-) Congrats to the other winners! And thanks to Paul Bourke for 
> organising this test of such a totally bizarre skill!

Tek,
Congratulations on a stunning technical tour-de-force, both in the 
competition and with this image. Quite amazing.
I personally felt that your entries might have been more 'artistic' by 
paying more attention to things like framing and composition.
The 50/50 upper/lower split does not lead the eye anywhere.
Some of the SCC4 monochrome submissions were artistically brilliant, but 
lacked the complexity which is the hallmark of achievement.
http://local.wasp.uwa.edu.au/~pbourke/modelling_rendering/scc4/final/

DLM


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From: Jim Charter
Subject: Re: Alternate short code image
Date: 16 Dec 2006 12:41:18
Message: <45842fbe$1@news.povray.org>
dlm wrote:

> Some of the SCC4 monochrome submissions were artistically brilliant, but 

I particularily liked "Action" in that regard.  Visually delicious.


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From: Tek
Subject: Re: Alternate short code image
Date: 16 Dec 2006 13:18:35
Message: <4584387b$1@news.povray.org>
Well the 50/50 split is necessitated by the defaults in povray, it takes a 
lot of code to lean the whole scene up or down. Though ironically my 
lowest-placed entry had a much less dull composition: 
http://local.wasp.uwa.edu.au/~pbourke/modelling_rendering/scc4/final/qllgxv.html
I spent a long time refining the angle of the clouds and position of the 
moon relative to the camera, though even then I didn't have total freedom, 
the clouds have some artefacts at the bottom of the sunny image that I've 
managed to move out of frame in the night time version.

I have to say the monochrome ones largely looked too accidental for my 
liking, which isn't something I like even in abstract art.

-- 
Tek
http://evilsuperbrain.com

"dlm" <me### [at] addressinvalid> wrote in message 
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>
> "Tek" <tek### [at] evilsuperbraincom> wrote in message 
> news:4582c688@news.povray.org...
>> Wow am I a bad winner or what?! Seriously thanks to all who voted for my 
>> images :-) Congrats to the other winners! And thanks to Paul Bourke for 
>> organising this test of such a totally bizarre skill!
>
> Tek,
> Congratulations on a stunning technical tour-de-force, both in the 
> competition and with this image. Quite amazing.
> I personally felt that your entries might have been more 'artistic' by 
> paying more attention to things like framing and composition.
> The 50/50 upper/lower split does not lead the eye anywhere.
> Some of the SCC4 monochrome submissions were artistically brilliant, but 
> lacked the complexity which is the hallmark of achievement.
> http://local.wasp.uwa.edu.au/~pbourke/modelling_rendering/scc4/final/
>
> DLM
>


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From: Paolo Gibellini
Subject: Re: Alternate short code image
Date: 19 Dec 2006 04:38:54
Message: <4587b32e$1@news.povray.org>
I loved the moon-in-the-clouds version too, fascinating.
;-)
Paolo

> "Jim Charter" wrote
> Tek wrote:
> > "Tek" <tek### [at] evilsuperbraincom> wrote in message
> > news:4582c688@news.povray.org...
> >
> >>I entered an image of a night sky with clouds, because I thought it was
> >>more impressive than this earlier verison of the scene,
> >
> >
> > Typo, I meant the night version was more -technically- impressive IMO, I
> > think the sunny one looks better artistically.
> >
> lol I was going to compliment "Cloudy Night" for its artistic edginess
> over the prettier version. They are impressive but the contest was full
> of impressive pictures. (These cloud pictures have an interesting
> "Rorschach" component to them, btw)
>
> Congrats on your winning entries.  "Dawn over the mountains" got my
> vote.  The technical side of it interested me little though.  These iso
> landscapes seem a well traveled route.  What impressed me was...that
> given that fact, the image was constructed so carefully to produce such
> a tender and delicately balanced result, that it actually overcame my
> prejudices.


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