"MichaelJF" <mi-### [at] t-onlinede> wrote:
> Sean Day <s.d### [at] uelacuk> wrote:
> > LanuHum wrote:
> > > "s.day" <s.d### [at] uelacuk> wrote:
> > >
> > >>
> > >> (the latter is causing me problems though).
> > >>
> > >
> > > Why? Star created, and seaweed you can't?
> > > I liked the picture.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> > Thanks, I am trying to write a macro to create the seaweed, everything
> > in the scene is made with the Povray SDL so no external modellers. The
> > starfish and limpets/barnacles are blobs, everything else is made from
> > isosurfaces (except the water which is a box).
> >
> > So far all my attempts at seaweed have not looked so good.
> >
> > Sean
>
> First: the image is wonderful, really wonderful. But I wonder a bit about the
> seaweed. The scene must be at a beach. Is there seaweed so close to the beach?
> My last visits to a beach is years ago and there is not much seaweed between the
> mainland and the islands at East Frisia, where my sister lives. From experiences
> long ago I ever had the impression that seaweed grows only in deeper areas
> covered by water independend of the tides. But I may be wrong with that. My next
> experience with beaches will be during my holydays this summer, but after the
> contest, at a place called Mevagissey. I propose that you take a look at an
> other very beautiful beach scene published within the irtc June 2005 titled
> "wreck" by an author you should know.
>
> Best regards,
> Michael

Where we live (central coast California), we have clumps and clumps of washed up
seaweed on oir beaches.

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