EMAIL: elboston@mint.net
NAME: Larry Boston
TOPIC: Fortress
COPYRIGHT: I SUBMIT TO THE STANDARD RAYTRACING COMPETITION COPYRIGHT.
TITLE: Sunken Fortresses
COUNTRY: USA
WEBPAGE: None
RENDERER USED: POV 3.1
TOOLS USED: Adobe Photoshop 5.0 LE for JPEG conversion
RENDER TIME: 3 hr 52 min
HARDWARE USED: Pentium 770
IMAGE DESCRIPTION:
	I have wanted to make airplanes for quite a while. I haven't see a B29 close up but
I remember them flying overhead back in my childhood that was quite a while ago. I served in the
Navy for two years aboard a destroyer. We went through some extremely heavy weather several times
and luckily we didn't get to see the bottom of the ocean like the sailors in the picture did. I plan
to retire next year so I have shown my retirement fund in one of the sea chests. 
	The ship is very clean after being at the bottom of the ocean. Obviously the sailors have
been swabbing the decks and cleaning the sides as they always do. 


DESCRIPTION OF HOW THIS IMAGE WAS CREATED:

To create this image I used a lot of CSG the most difficult of which was to create objects that matched 
the curvature of the surface that they sat on. One example of this can be seen in the B29 include file
where I created the skull and crossbones on the wing and the side of the plane.

Macros were used to create the Kelp, Seagrass and the Castle.
I have difficulty writing macros from scratch, but I know enough to alter other peoples macros for
my purposes.  The macros for the Kelp and Seagrass are modifications of a coil macro that I found 
on the web. 

I couldn't find the page again so I don't know whom to thank, but thanks to whoever wrote it. The macro for the 
I wrote a simple macro for the castle. 
The ray of light shining on one of the sea chests was made from a cone of glass. If I knew more about
media, I probably could have used it instead of fog and used a spotlight for the cone of light.