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From: Thomas de Groot
Subject: In Xanadu
Date: 22 Oct 2008 10:52:44
Message: <48ff3e3c@news.povray.org>
This is the final version (for the time being) of a scene developed and 
discussed on the French POV-Ray n.g. The title refers to Coleridge's poem 
Kubla Khan: "In Xanadu did Kubla Khan / A stately pleasure-dome decree."

With thanks to:
Ferdinand for his incredible Citroen models: 
http://lymbe.free.fr:80/Telechargement.html
Jaime Vives Piqueres for Lightsys IV

Gilles Tran for the extplin macro
POVtree for the palm trees
Poser and Anton Kisiel (Apollo Maximus) for the figures
Apophysis for the image used in the background height_field
GeoControl for the height_fields
Silo2 for all constructions
The POV-Ray Team for.......POV-Ray  :-)

Enjoy!

Thomas


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From: Darren New
Subject: Re: In Xanadu
Date: 22 Oct 2008 11:30:26
Message: <48ff4712$1@news.povray.org>
Thomas de Groot wrote:
> Kubla Khan: "In Xanadu did Kubla Khan / A stately pleasure-dome decree."

A lovely image. I'm pretty sure Kubla Khan never saw an automobile, tho. 
:-)  What's the bit on the right, under the trees below the mountain 
peak? It looks like something sticking up?

-- 
Darren New / San Diego, CA, USA (PST)


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From: Doctor John
Subject: Re: In Xanadu
Date: 22 Oct 2008 13:28:51
Message: <48ff62d3$1@news.povray.org>
Darren New wrote:
> Thomas de Groot wrote:
>> Kubla Khan: "In Xanadu did Kubla Khan / A stately pleasure-dome decree."
> 
> A lovely image. I'm pretty sure Kubla Khan never saw an automobile, tho.
> :-)  What's the bit on the right, under the trees below the mountain
> peak? It looks like something sticking up?
> 
Looks like the entrance to a Bedouin tent to me

John

-- 
"Eppur si muove" - Galileo Galilei


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From: St 
Subject: Re: In Xanadu
Date: 22 Oct 2008 13:43:48
Message: <48ff6654$1@news.povray.org>
"Thomas de Groot" <t.d### [at] internlDOTnet> wrote in message 
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> The POV-Ray Team for.......POV-Ray  :-)

   <sniff> Yes. (Stoppit Thomas!) ;)

   Excellent image as always. You have a good eye for concept and proportion 
that I admire.

    One small crit? If the guy's cape blows in the wind like that, then 
shouldn't the palm tree leaves do it too?

      ~Steve~


>
> Enjoy!
>
> Thomas
>
>
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From: nemesis
Subject: Re: In Xanadu
Date: 22 Oct 2008 14:31:46
Message: <48ff7192@news.povray.org>
Very nice image!  Crispy clear, large field of vision and such a bizarre 
concept.  Xanadu!  All I remember is the bad movie with Olivia Newton 
Jones... :P

are those Komodo lizards?...


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From: Thomas de Groot
Subject: Re: In Xanadu
Date: 23 Oct 2008 03:01:09
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"Darren New" <dne### [at] sanrrcom> schreef in bericht 
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>
> A lovely image. I'm pretty sure Kubla Khan never saw an automobile, tho. 
> :-)  What's the bit on the right, under the trees below the mountain peak? 
> It looks like something sticking up?
>

Thanks! And yes, Kubla Khan would have been surprised. Coleridge, probably 
not: as you probably know, he composed the poem under the influence of 
opium....

Yeah... There is an old wall and gate over there, but that is one of those 
things that are to be changed eventually.

Thomas


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From: Thomas de Groot
Subject: Re: In Xanadu
Date: 23 Oct 2008 03:03:58
Message: <490021de$1@news.povray.org>
"St." <dot### [at] dotcom> schreef in bericht news:48ff6654$1@news.povray.org...
>
>   Excellent image as always. You have a good eye for concept and 
> proportion that I admire.

Thank you Steve

>
>    One small crit? If the guy's cape blows in the wind like that, then 
> shouldn't the palm tree leaves do it too?

Very true. Problem is: how to do that with POVTree meshes??? I have no 
idea.....

Thomas


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From: Thomas de Groot
Subject: Re: In Xanadu
Date: 23 Oct 2008 03:06:22
Message: <4900226e$1@news.povray.org>
"nemesis" <nam### [at] gmailcom> schreef in bericht 
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> Very nice image!  Crispy clear, large field of vision and such a bizarre 
> concept.  Xanadu!  All I remember is the bad movie with Olivia Newton 
> Jones... :P

Thank you indeed. No Olivia NJ is certainly not in this scene ;-)

>
> are those Komodo lizards?...

Yes indeed. They come from the Content Paradise site (Poser) and where free 
some time ago.

Thomas


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From: m a r c
Subject: Re: In Xanadu
Date: 23 Oct 2008 03:07:08
Message: <4900229c@news.povray.org>

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>
> Very true. Problem is: how to do that with POVTree meshes??? I have no 
> idea.....
>
Just clothify them ;-)

Marc


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From: Thomas de Groot
Subject: Re: In Xanadu
Date: 23 Oct 2008 03:21:21
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"m_a_r_c" <jac### [at] wanadoofr> schreef in bericht 
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>

> news: 490021de$1@news.povray.org...
>>
>> Very true. Problem is: how to do that with POVTree meshes??? I have no 
>> idea.....
>>
> Just clothify them ;-)
>

That is of course the obvious answer, but it is probably not as easy as it 
seems I think. I can image a series of complications right away.... Still, I 
shall have to investigate that (along with the 1001 other things I have to 
investigate in the near future....)  :-)

Thomas


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