EMAIL: white@rational.com
NAME: Brian White
TOPIC: contrast
COPYRIGHT: I SUBMIT TO THE STANDARD RAYTRACING COMPETITION COPYRIGHT.
TITLE: Winter Sunrise
COUNTRY: USA
WEBPAGE:
RENDERER USED:Bryce4
TOOLS USED:Bryce4, Tree Druid, Paint
RENDER TIME: 2hrs
HARDWARE USED: PII - 256MB
IMAGE DESCRIPTION:
What a great topic!  My first thought when I read the new topic and what I finally settled on
was Ansel Adams.  His black and white photography sums up contrast for me.  The trick was which
one to try to duplicate.  I chose a picture titled "Winter Sunrise" taken in the Sierra Nevadas
from Lone Pine, California in 1944.  The original is on the cover of a 2001 Ansel Adams desk calendar.

DESCRIPTION OF HOW THIS IMAGE WAS CREATED:
There are 14 terrains in this image.  One updside down is used to boolean out the lake from 
another one with a water plane strategically placed underneath.  The trees are all one model
generated in Tree Druid, scaled, duplicated, and textured in Bryce.  The grasses and horse were
hand drawn in pain and then mapped to a single polygon with an alpha mask for transparency.
The real trick in this one was getting the lighting and textures all to work out in black
and white and still acheive the contrast and detail of the original.  I really needed 
another 2 months to fully complete this image, but I'm pretty happy with the result.