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> That big shadow carving out a triangle on the back wall is not made by the 
> lamp flame I guess? or is it? I cannot relate it to something and it is 
> what troubles me :-)
>
I see it as a shadow from a more luminous and remote lamp to something as a 
stair and its post.
I like it because it gives us a hint of the scene behind the camera :-)

Marc

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"m_a_r_c" <jac### [at] wanadoofr> schreef in bericht 
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> I see it as a shadow from a more luminous and remote lamp to something as 
> a stair and its post.
> I like it because it gives us a hint of the scene behind the camera :-)

That is what I thought too... but there is something in the geometry or in 
the relative position of this shadow that I find disturbing... I am unable 
to be much clearer I am afraid.

On the other hand, it nicely frames the lamp.

Thomas

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"Thomas de Groot" <tDOTdegroot@interDOTnlANOTHERDOTnet> wrote in message 
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> That big shadow carving out a triangle on the back wall is not made by the 
> lamp flame I guess? or is it? I cannot relate it to something and it is 
> what troubles me :-)
>
> Thomas

There is a big window and you are seeing the shadow of the framework of that 
window (half moon shape in center with panels forming a larger half moon). 
Having the light from the lamp as the only light source was a problem. The 
wideness of the base just under the lamp globe made a zone of darkness and I 
needed an outside light source to get the lamp base looking like I wanted.

Jim

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"Warp" <war### [at] tagpovrayorg> wrote in message 
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>  I like how you dared to put the lamp somewhere else than at the very
> center of the image. The main object at the very center of the image is
> almost always a very poor choice of composition (although there are some
> exceptions). Being slightly on the side gives a much stronger artistic
> feeling to the image.

Thanks .... used a subtle trick I discovered by mistake! Basically the 
camera orbits the table located at origin, depending how much "zoom" you use 
a very small rotation of the camera around the origin works nicely. In this 
case just 5 degrees.

Jim

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"Paolo Gibellini" <p.g### [at] gmailcom> wrote in message 
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> The lamp is awesome!
> Perhaps the edges of the table are too sharp compared to the object on his 
> surface.
> Nice work!
> ;-)
> Paolo

Ha-ha ... I've already started work on the table. I've made a "tool" (box 
differened by a cylinder) that I'm using to trim some of the edges. The lamp 
DID turn out nice .... Thanks

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"Jim Holsenback" <jho### [at] povrayorg> schreef in bericht 
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> There is a big window and you are seeing the shadow of the framework of 
> that window (half moon shape in center with panels forming a larger half 
> moon). Having the light from the lamp as the only light source was a 
> problem. The wideness of the base just under the lamp globe made a zone of 
> darkness and I needed an outside light source to get the lamp base looking 
> like I wanted.
>

Yes, I thought it was something like that. Maybe it is the alignment of the 
window's shadow with the table which should be shifted a tiny bit in order 
to break its symmetry. It is rather subtle what I have in mind and would 
need a bit of experimentation. Also the wall would be great with fine lines 
or cracks here and there, and/or some irregularities... Oh well, I should 
stop now ;-)

To be sure, this is a great scene anyway, Jim, especially the lamp, but also 
the feeling/touch of the objects.

Thomas

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