EMAIL: ewgr@abaddon.globalnet.co.uk
NAME: Ewan Grant
TOPIC: Water
COPYRIGHT: I SUBMIT TO THE STANDARD RAYTRACING COMPETITION COPYRIGHT.
TITLE: Baptism
COUNTRY: UK
RENDERER USED: Povray 3.02
TOOLS USED: PSP (convert TGA=>JPG)
RENDER TIME: 9hr 40 min
HARDWARE USED: P120 48MB
IMAGE DESCRIPTION:
On the morning of a baptism in the local church. The minister has just been in to light the candles and raised a dust in passing. The light beams play across the water in the font.
DESCRIPTION OF HOW THIS IMAGE WAS CREATED:
Nothing complicated here. All modelled in Pov and once the scene took shape the best part of a month was spent playing around with different atmosphere types and then figures. Being over an hour to trace at 160x120 and 6 samples made it a slow process but I am pleasd with the results. One of Sonya's trees sits outside the window to add a little realism to the outside world. Some of the detail has become a little
distant from the camera; if you look hard you might make out a cobweb on the right hand set of candles. The candles themselves have wax runs down the sides and the flames are transparent in places. The wall hangings are yellow silk on crushed velvet. The yellow braid fringe looks quite realistic up close but loses out at distance. I will have to pay more attention to the adage regarding perception and quality.The inscription on the plaque reads, for those who are interested,..
As cauld a wind as e'er blew,
As cauld a kirk, and innit but few;
As cauld a preacher that ever spak,
Ye'se a be het ere I come back.
A verse written by Robert Burns after a visit to the Kirk of Lamington, and clearly he did not tihnk much of it. Translated it would read "As cold a wind as ever blew, as cold a church, and in it but few; As cold a preacher that ever spoke, you shall all be hot before I come back."

As the image developed  I began to notice a yellowish cast appearing at the top of the columns, I have to confess I have no idea what is responsible for this. I have looked all over, at first I thought it must be the filter on the candle flames, each of which is a light source, but no. Diffuse and specualar were turned off wherever I could find them, all lights are whites or grays. Has me completely beat, but one can look upon it as smoke stains from the flickering candles if they so wish. ;-)