File: HIGHCITY.JPG Size: 1024x512 Date: 7-2-95 Time to render: 5 hours, 40 minutes on a 486/33 with 8MB RAM Author: Jon Parker AuthorEmail: jparker462@aol.com Uploader: Jon Parker UploaderEmail: jparker462@aol.com Created with POV-Ray 2.2 and Moray 1.54 Short: Alien city standing high above the clouds This concept has been in my mind for a long time, and I have made earlier renderings based on it (see FTRCITY.GIF in the incoming/uploads dir), but the topic this month gave me motivation to further realize the concept. This picture is MUCH improved in terms of compostion than my entry in April, and I believe there is a definite balance in the image. The wide 2:1 ratio helps to draw your eyes back and forth between the ship and the planet. The clouds were created by making a height field, then applying a filter gradient to it to make it look like a group of puffy clouds.