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One step further: this time a test for multiple clusters of crystals.
Next step should be the whole cave...
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Holy s***!!
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Jaime Vives Piqueres wrote on 21/02/2016 22.10:
> One step further: this time a test for multiple clusters of crystals.
> Next step should be the whole cave...
>
> --
> jaime
>
A new entry for POV HOF!
Hats off,
Paolo
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El 22/02/16 a las 10:26, Paolo Gibellini escribió:
> A new entry for POV HOF! Hats off,
Thanks, but wait... I'm not finished with it yet. Here is a new
iteration with little stones scattered on the mossy cave ground.
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On 2/22/2016 10:17 AM, Jaime Vives Piqueres wrote:
> Thanks, but wait... I'm not finished with it yet. Here is a new
> iteration with little stones scattered on the mossy cave ground.
You are just showing off now. ;-)
Keep it up. :)
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After my last post, I guess I was subconsciously reading the titles of
recent posts, because a word was running through my mind: mushrooms,
mushrooms, mushrooms... of course! Mushrooms!
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El 22/02/16 a las 11:48, Stephen escribió:
> You are just showing off now. ;-)
You got me... I'm such a show-off! Nah, I'm really humble: it's all
due to the Power Of POV-Ray and some 20+ years of experience.
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On 2/22/2016 2:54 PM, Jaime Vives Piqueres wrote:
> After my last post, I guess I was subconsciously reading the titles of
> recent posts, because a word was running through my mind: mushrooms,
> mushrooms, mushrooms... of course! Mushrooms!
"In the valley of Liebendor past the mountains of Throng..."
I like this one best.
(I didn't care for the moss and rock texture in the previously posted
yellow version. They looked too, um, flat? ... But, I would never tell
_you_ that)
dik
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On 2/22/2016 7:59 PM, Jaime Vives Piqueres wrote:
> El 22/02/16 a las 11:48, Stephen escribió:
>> You are just showing off now. ;-)
>
> You got me... I'm such a show-off! Nah, I'm really humble: it's all
> due to the Power Of POV-Ray and some 20+ years of experience.
>
Whatever! Keep it up. :)
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Stephen
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El 22/02/16 a las 21:38, dick balaska escribió:
> "In the valley of Liebendor past the mountains of Throng..."
:)
> (I didn't care for the moss and rock texture in the previously posted
> yellow version. They looked too, um, flat? ... But, I would never
> tell _you_ that)
Why not? You know it, I know it, so... Really, I need criticism: I'm
known to be too lazy to correct flaws until someone tells them publicly.
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On 02/21/2016 04:10 PM, Jaime Vives Piqueres wrote:
> One step further: this time a test for multiple clusters of crystals.
> Next step should be the whole cave...
>
> --
> jaime
>
I like all these crystal images, but my favorite thus far is this clear
quartz one casting rainbows of light on the surrounding rock.
In my last two apartments I've hung glass prisms in windows catching
morning sunlight. Having brilliant spreads of color show up on the walls
around me as I drink my first coffee of the day always greatly brightens
my mood.
(And that deadly caffeine - being discussed in povray-off-topic - saves
my mood on the cloudy days ;-) )
Bill P.
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El 23/02/16 a las 00:02, William F Pokorny escribió:
> I like all these crystal images, but my favorite thus far is this
> clear quartz one casting rainbows of light on the surrounding rock.
Yes, photons+dispersion gives very nice results... but it's very slow,
specially if you add focal blur into the mix. Of course I will use them
on the final render of the cave, but I'm guessing a render time of more
than 12h...
> In my last two apartments I've hung glass prisms in windows catching
> morning sunlight. Having brilliant spreads of color show up on the
> walls around me as I drink my first coffee of the day always greatly
> brightens my mood.
That's a very nice idea, if you have a window that catches morning
sunlight. Mine doesn't until 10 AM or so, but at least I've direct
sunlight until sunset.
> (And that deadly caffeine - being discussed in povray-off-topic -
> saves my mood on the cloudy days ;-) )
Ah... fortunately I don't read p.off-topic, so I can happily continue
to drink lots of coffee every day (and not only early on the morning).
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On 2/22/2016 5:52 PM, Jaime Vives Piqueres wrote:
> Really, I need criticism:
This is the worst crap I've ever seen. I can't believe I wasted
bandwidth downloading them and I will never get back the 20 seconds of
my life I wasted viewing and examining such dull pixels. My three year
old's poop has more texture than this. Jackson Pollack was a realist
compared to this tripe. God himself wept at your overuse of the color green.
Your subject says "Cave". Perhaps you should google what a cave looks
like. Unless Spanish caves don't have openings.
Maybe your mommy can upgrade your Commodore 64 for your birthday.
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El 23/02/16 a las 11:20, dick balaska escribió:
> On 2/22/2016 5:52 PM, Jaime Vives Piqueres wrote:
>
>> Really, I need criticism:
>
> This is the worst crap I've ever seen. I can't believe I wasted
> bandwidth downloading them and I will never get back the 20 seconds
> of my life I wasted viewing and examining such dull pixels. My three
> year old's poop has more texture than this. Jackson Pollack was a
> realist compared to this tripe. God himself wept at your overuse of
> the color green.
>
> Your subject says "Cave". Perhaps you should google what a cave looks
> like. Unless Spanish caves don't have openings.
>
> Maybe your mommy can upgrade your Commodore 64 for your birthday.
>
Oh, I forgot to write "constructive" between "need" and
"criticism".... my fault. ;)
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dick balaska <dic### [at] buckosoft com> wrote:
> On 2/22/2016 5:52 PM, Jaime Vives Piqueres wrote:
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> > Really, I need criticism:
>
> This is the worst crap I've ever seen. I can't believe I wasted
> bandwidth downloading them and I will never get back the 20 seconds of
> my life I wasted viewing and examining such dull pixels. My three year
> old's poop has more texture than this. Jackson Pollack was a realist
> compared to this tripe. God himself wept at your overuse of the color green.
>
> Your subject says "Cave". Perhaps you should google what a cave looks
> like. Unless Spanish caves don't have openings.
>
> Maybe your mommy can upgrade your Commodore 64 for your birthday.
Made my day. Still chuckling.
I do think I prefer the first one though.
Simon.
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On 2/23/2016 6:40 AM, Simon J. Cambridge wrote:
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> I do think I prefer the first one though.
I like the first one for the rainbow refractions displayed on the rocks.
That gets lost on the mossy versions.
But, I don't know, I have a thing for purple and pink (maybe too much
estrogen). And I want to steal those mushrooms for my own use, so I
have to vote for the third one.
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El 23/02/16 a las 20:34, dick balaska escribió:
> I like the first one for the rainbow refractions displayed on the
> rocks. That gets lost on the mossy versions.
No, it's not lost... just not present.
> But, I don't know, I have a thing for purple and pink (maybe too much
> estrogen). And I want to steal those mushrooms for my own use, so I
> have to vote for the third one.
I'm sorry to tell you these are not "Fly Agaric", but a very poisonous
unknown variety which are visually similar by coincidence. :)
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On 2/23/2016 2:44 PM, Jaime Vives Piqueres wrote:
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> I'm sorry to tell you these are not "Fly Agaric", but a very poisonous
> unknown variety which are visually similar by coincidence. :)
I don't want to eat them ... those days are long gone.
Interestingly though, when I saw your first crystal I wondered what it
tasted like. (Is it salty? That looks salty.)
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Am 24.02.2016 um 02:09 schrieb dick balaska:
> On 2/23/2016 2:44 PM, Jaime Vives Piqueres wrote:
>>
>> I'm sorry to tell you these are not "Fly Agaric", but a very poisonous
>> unknown variety which are visually similar by coincidence. :)
>
> I don't want to eat them ... those days are long gone.
> Interestingly though, when I saw your first crystal I wondered what it
> tasted like. (Is it salty? That looks salty.)
Mandatory:
https://youtu.be/ZTJ9IdIHpII?t=2s
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dick balaska <dic### [at] buckosoftcom> wrote:
> Interestingly though, when I saw your first crystal I wondered what it
> tasted like. (Is it salty? That looks salty.)
Hmm, table salt (sodium chloride) grows in cubic crystals and its hard to get
them big.
But I know what you mean...
Norbert
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Jaime Vives Piqueres wrote on 23/02/2016 20.44:
> I'm sorry to tell you these are not "Fly Agaric", but a very poisonous
> unknown variety which are visually similar by coincidence. :)
>
> --
> jaime
>
>
In a cave I'm expecting mushrooms with very long stalks and a pale dull
color (or - in case - fluorescent). Or this is an outdoor cave?
Always better!
;-)
Paolo
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El 24/02/16 a las 10:03, Paolo Gibellini escribió:
> In a cave I'm expecting mushrooms with very long stalks and a pale
> dull color (or - in case - fluorescent). Or this is an outdoor cave?
I don't really know, as I have not been there, but judging by the
lighting, I would say this is very close to the cave entrance. :)
Anyhow, I'm already working on modeling mushrooms like the ones you
described (Psilicybe semperviva). ;)
> Always better!
Thanks!
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On 2/24/2016 4:03 AM, Paolo Gibellini wrote:
> Or this is an outdoor cave?
I think it's one of those underground caves with full natural lighting,
starring either Will Ferrell and/or Simon Pegg.
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This is gorgeous!
Hmmmm, I think, the moss should not be too smooth.
Amazing to watch!
On 22.02.2016 05:17, Jaime Vives Piqueres wrote:
> El 22/02/16 a las 10:26, Paolo Gibellini escribió:
>> A new entry for POV HOF! Hats off,
>
> Thanks, but wait... I'm not finished with it yet. Here is a new
> iteration with little stones scattered on the mossy cave ground.
>
> --
> jaime
>
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Reminds me, that we could need some sort of mushroom-making macro:
defining stem thickness and straightness and length, and if poors or
gills, with or without stem ring, hat flatness and diameter and such
things. :-D
On 24.02.2016 06:26, Jaime Vives Piqueres wrote:
> El 24/02/16 a las 10:03, Paolo Gibellini escribió:
>> In a cave I'm expecting mushrooms with very long stalks and a pale
>> dull color (or - in case - fluorescent). Or this is an outdoor cave?
>
> I don't really know, as I have not been there, but judging by the
> lighting, I would say this is very close to the cave entrance. :)
>
> Anyhow, I'm already working on modeling mushrooms like the ones you
> described (Psilicybe semperviva). ;)
>
>> Always better!
>
> Thanks!
>
> --
> jaime
>
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El 24/02/16 a las 10:03, Paolo Gibellini escribió:
> In a cave I'm expecting mushrooms with very long stalks and a pale
> dull color (or - in case - fluorescent). Or this is an outdoor cave?
Ok, here is the last one, using more credible mushrooms... should be
the final one, not because I'm totally satisfied, but because I've moved
onto other things.
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Jaime Vives Piqueres <jai### [at] ignoranciaorg> wrote:
> El 24/02/16 a las 10:03, Paolo Gibellini escribió:
> > In a cave I'm expecting mushrooms with very long stalks and a pale
> > dull color (or - in case - fluorescent). Or this is an outdoor cave?
>
> Ok, here is the last one, using more credible mushrooms... should be
> the final one, not because I'm totally satisfied, but because I've moved
> onto other things.
>
> --
> jaime
Fine work. It is pleasant to me. :)
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I just think, the moss (IF that is moss) is too olive green to be real.
Should be a little bit plainer, that green. Want to see plenty tiny
leaves, too. I love that scene.
Oh, hey, and what about some greenish fluorescent mushrooms having a
little glow around them? :-D
On 28.02.2016 11:56, Jaime Vives Piqueres wrote:
> El 24/02/16 a las 10:03, Paolo Gibellini escribió:
>> In a cave I'm expecting mushrooms with very long stalks and a pale
>> dull color (or - in case - fluorescent). Or this is an outdoor cave?
>
> Ok, here is the last one, using more credible mushrooms... should be
> the final one, not because I'm totally satisfied, but because I've moved
> onto other things.
>
> --
> jaime
>
>
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And maybe some tiny pits of water in between the rocks, there where they
are a bit deeper.
Background mist..? :-D
AMAZING image! I like your idea!
On 28.02.2016 11:56, Jaime Vives Piqueres wrote:
> Ok, here is the last one, using more credible mushrooms... should be
> the final one, not because I'm totally satisfied, but because I've moved
> onto other things.
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Am 28.02.2016 um 17:56 schrieb Jaime Vives Piqueres:
> El 24/02/16 a las 10:03, Paolo Gibellini escribió:
>> In a cave I'm expecting mushrooms with very long stalks and a pale
>> dull color (or - in case - fluorescent). Or this is an outdoor cave?
>
> Ok, here is the last one, using more credible mushrooms... should be
> the final one, not because I'm totally satisfied, but because I've moved
> onto other things.
I think the shrooms still deserve a bit of subsurface scattering. They
look to artificial as they are.
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Jaime Vives Piqueres <jai### [at] ignoranciaorg> wrote:
> One step further: this time a test for multiple clusters of crystals.
> Next step should be the whole cave...
>
> --
> jaime
I often browsed your website before. It's very professional.
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El 29/02/16 a las 06:05, clipka escribió:
> I think the shrooms still deserve a bit of subsurface scattering. They
> look to artificial as they are.
Oh, well... now that you mention it, it seems obvious. I will try
tonight....
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El 29/02/16 a las 07:23, And escribió:
> I often browsed your website before. It's very professional.
...and poorly maintained. I should update it soon with a few recent
scenes.
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Jaime Vives Piqueres wrote on 28/02/2016 17.56:
> Ok, here is the last one, using more credible mushrooms... should be
> the final one, not because I'm totally satisfied, but because I've moved
> onto other things.
>
> --
> jaime
>
>
Really nice!
Paolo
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El 29/02/16 a las 06:05, clipka escribió:
> I think the shrooms still deserve a bit of subsurface scattering.
> They look to artificial as they are.
>
Here is the final (I promise) version, using a bit of subsurface{} on
the mushrooms. Also, the moss is a bit greener as Sven suggested. The
focal blur has a few more samples, so finally it took almost 11h to
render...
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On 3/1/2016 2:54 AM, Jaime Vives Piqueres wrote:
> Here is the final (I promise) version, using a bit of subsurface{} on
> the mushrooms. Also, the moss is a bit greener as Sven suggested. The
> focal blur has a few more samples, so finally it took almost 11h to
> render...
I like the color of the moss. I love the crystals. But this line of
shrooms bugs me. While my eye is looking at the centerpiece crystal, my
brain is tugging me to the two shrooms with the same s-shaped stem.
Which then makes me aware that there is a line of shrooms.
I almost mentioned in the last version that I would change one of those
two stems. And it might not even be as noticeable this version because
the foreground s-stem is in shadow. But I can't unsee it to tell. :)
I'm not a big fan of the focal blur. It looks fine on the background
shrooms top-left, but it looks cheesy on the front left clump of shrooms.
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El 01/03/16 a las 10:06, dick balaska escribió:
> I like the color of the moss. I love the crystals. But this line of
> shrooms bugs me. While my eye is looking at the centerpiece
> crystal, my brain is tugging me to the two shrooms with the same
> s-shaped stem. Which then makes me aware that there is a line of
> shrooms. I almost mentioned in the last version that I would change
> one of those two stems. And it might not even be as noticeable this
> version because the foreground s-stem is in shadow. But I can't
> unsee it to tell. :)
The similar stems are just a coincidence, because every mushroom has a
randomly generated sphereweep for the stem, and them they are randomly
rotated around y. Indeed the spheresweep has only 4 points, so it's not
that difficult to end up with similar stems.
> I'm not a big fan of the focal blur. It looks fine on the background
> shrooms top-left, but it looks cheesy on the front left clump of
> shrooms.
This one is not casual, but a flaw on my thinking... I used a pigment
function to place the mushrooms in clumps, and I badly chose "leopard"
without realizing it is too regular.
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El 01/03/16 a las 10:06, dick balaska escribió:
> I like the color of the moss. I love the crystals. But this line of
> shrooms bugs me. While my eye is looking at the centerpiece
> crystal, my brain is tugging me to the two shrooms with the same
> s-shaped stem. Which then makes me aware that there is a line of
> shrooms. I almost mentioned in the last version that I would change
> one of those two stems. And it might not even be as noticeable this
> version because the foreground s-stem is in shadow. But I can't
> unsee it to tell.
The similar stems are just a coincidence, because every mushroom has a
randomly generated sphereweep for the stem, and them they are randomly
rotated around y. Indeed the spheresweep has only 4 points, so it's not
that difficult to end up with similar stems.
The mushrooms line however is not casual, but a flaw on my
thinking... I used a pigment function to place the mushrooms in clumps,
and I badly chose "leopard" without realizing it is too regular.
> I'm not a big fan of the focal blur. It looks fine on the background
> shrooms top-left, but it looks cheesy on the front left clump of
> shrooms.
Well, I used only 42 samples, so it's a bit grainy, yes...
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On 3/1/2016 4:38 AM, Jaime Vives Piqueres wrote:
> The similar stems are just a coincidence, because every mushroom has a
> randomly generated sphereweep for the stem, and them they are randomly
> rotated around y. Indeed the spheresweep has only 4 points, so it's not
> that difficult to end up with similar stems.
Yes, I could see that. I sometimes throw random numbers on the floor
just to "stir the soup" if I don't like what I'm getting. (In fact, I've
got a story about that coming up soon...)
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Jaime Vives Piqueres <jai### [at] ignoranciaorg> wrote:
> El 22/02/16 a las 21:38, dick balaska escribió:
> > "In the valley of Liebendor past the mountains of Throng..."
>
> :)
>
> > (I didn't care for the moss and rock texture in the previously posted
> > yellow version. They looked too, um, flat? ... But, I would never
> > tell _you_ that)
>
> Why not? You know it, I know it, so... Really, I need criticism: I'm
> known to be too lazy to correct flaws until someone tells them publicly.
>
> --
> jaime
Your pictures are so amazing. Far ahead of any other artists i know ...
so where do i start criticing?
Ok, your pictures look to good. Add a picture of Angela Merkel, this will ruin
any picture :-). No better not let them come!
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On 2/28/2016 11:56 AM, Jaime Vives Piqueres wrote:
I found this one from when Jaime was drunk-tracing...
http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnnnext/dam/assets/160229135209-ot783-exlarge-169.jpg
(from
http://www.cnn.com/2016/03/03/travel/south-africa-otter-trail/index.html )
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El 04/03/16 a las 11:55, dick balaska escribió:
> On 2/28/2016 11:56 AM, Jaime Vives Piqueres wrote:
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> I found this one from when Jaime was drunk-tracing...
I've never traced while being drunk... while being stoned, yes, but I
quit smoking pot some years ago.
> http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnnnext/dam/assets/160229135209-ot783-exlarge-169.jpg
> (from
> http://www.cnn.com/2016/03/03/travel/south-africa-otter-trail/index.html
> )
I was going to comment on the heightfield details before I saw from
your second link that it is a real landscape! :)
--
jaime
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On 4-3-2016 13:03, Jaime Vives Piqueres wrote:
> I was going to comment on the heightfield details before I saw from
> your second link that it is a real landscape! :)
>
You have been ray-tracing too much when every landscape you see becomes
a heigh_field. ;-)
--
Thomas
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Paolo Gibellini <p.g### [at] gmailcom> wrote:
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> A new entry for POV HOF!
> Hats off,
> Paolo
I doubt it. The HOF hasn't been updated in years. Last image was 2009?
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