I have to second the above - certainly the most photo-realistic raytrace
I've ever seen! Personally, I like the slight blurred effect - it makes it
more real. Perfectly focused and framed photographs are very difficult to
take - the blur is suggestive of the flames' dancing and the waves rolling
in, and also hides that crisp 'CG' look that so many otherwise incredible
images possess.

Now that I come to think about it, most 'nice' effects obtained using
photography are actually artifacts of an imperfect recording - the quest
for photo-realism is a matter of hunting down lens and film glitches. And
then shooting them, stuffing them and mounting them so they look pretty
hanging on the wall.

With regard to the flames in water - could be firewood soaked in gasoline?
:)

Bill, not worthy

Post a reply to this message