Blue Herring wrote:

>   Here's the beginning of a sea scene I've been working on lately.  

I like the atmosphere.

> I'm not really sure where to go with it from here.

I assume the viewpoint is from the shore, so possibly
some rocks could be seen at the bottom of the image, or
shallower water. Actually, your water seems reflective,
but not transparent. Some object(s) on the right part of
the island: Dead trees, ruined house, tower, lighthouse?
Maybe a less centered horizon?

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Thomas de Groot wrote:
> I was sure I had it somewhere!
> I remember I asked about this some years ago. Jim Charter provided the 
> following piece of code:

Nifty, thanks!  This will be useful, I think.

-- 
// The Mildly Infamous Blue Herring
#include"functions.inc"isosurface{function{-f_strophoid(x/2-.45,y,
z*3,1,1.2,1,1.5)-.05}contained_by{box{<-2.1,-1,-1/3>,<1.4,1,1/3>}}
max_gradient 12inverse hollow pigment{rgbf 1}interior{media{samples
8 emission<3,80,150>/255density{crackle metric 1color_map{[0rgb 6]
[.03rgb 0][1rgb 0]}scale<1,2,1>warp{turbulence<.5,.75,.5>}scale 1/
3}}}translate z*3}

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