"Thomas de Groot" <tDOTdegroot@interDOTnlANOTHERDOTnet> wrote:
> I believe it is time to reveal the state-of-the-art of my latest work for
> the TC-RTC.
>
> Left, is the original photograph by Sabine Weiss of a night time Paris
> street in 1951, a period and place I remember well from my youth. Right, is
> my reconstruction so far, mostly meshes built in Silo. POV-Ray 3.7 RC3 as
> scene builder and renderer.
>
> I made a quotation to another of Weiss's prints which I leave you to
> discover yourselves ;-)  (Google is my friend)
>
> This represents about two months work so far, with still a lot of details to
> fill in, not in the least the electricity cables.
>
> What is your impression?
>
> Thomas

Wow, I can really appreciate all the time you've put into the modelling, and
matching up all the details in the scene assembly. A couple of things that I
think would bring it closer to the original would include:

Use an image_pattern or pigment_pattern as a specularity/reflection mask for the
pavement to break up the highlights more, to show variation of wetness areas;
maybe with the (I'm assuming) height_field just a bit more jagged or exaggerated
to show that the pavers are not all the same height.

A similar image_pattern circular glow around the lights (or a spherical density
media) in addition to what you have already there would really tie the lights
into the "atmosphere" of the shot - there's quite a harsh line of separation
from the sky in the top light.

Overall, very impressive; this is looking great!
Rob

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