Hi all,

Attached is new version of the "Tourist Trap" image I completed a couple of
months ago. The original scene used an orthographic projection (see [1]) whereas
now a perspective projection is used. I could reuse all the models, but had to
reconstruct the image from scratch to get the illusion to work again. There was
slightly more to it then changing "orthographic" to "perspective" ;-)

I like this one better, but am curious to hear what any of you think.
Improvements for suggestions are welcome as well. This is not the final version
yet.

Technical details and credits: No post-processing has taken place on the image
to make the illusion work. This is the 3D scene as it is rendered by POV-Ray.
The grass is made using macros by Gilles Tran. The palm tree is made using the
tree macro by Tom Aust, modified by Gena Obukhov. The chains are made using a
macro by the PM 2Ring, using catenary calculations by Zdislav Kovarik.

Cheers,
Erwin

[1]
http://news.povray.org/povray.binaries.images/thread/%3Cweb.4cc3f0464c29528f81475b100%40news.povray.org%3E/

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Here's my unfinished Tourist Trap: a staircase that converges to a 
point, so that from the ground it looks infinitely tall.

-- 
Anton Sherwood *\\* www.bendwavy.org

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"Anton Sherwood" <bro### [at] poboxcom> schreef in bericht 
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> Here's my unfinished Tourist Trap: a staircase that converges to a
> point, so that from the ground it looks infinitely tall.

Hmmm... somehow, this is not as convincing as an optical illusion, mainly 
because it is too visible that the stairs shrink from the sides.  I think 
you should make the scaling more subtle and extend the image vertically. 
Good start, though.

Thomas

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