EMAIL: bonsalva@bellsouth.net NAME: Raymond A. Salvatore TOPIC: Great Engineering Feats COPYRIGHT: I SUBMIT TO THE STANDARD RAYTRACING COMPETITION COPYRIGHT. TITLE: ROMAN BATH AT DAWN COUNTRY: USA RENDERER USED: POVRAY 3.0 FOR DOS TOOLS USED: MORAY 2.5 AND BLOB SCULPTOR RENDER TIME: 8 HRS. 37 MINS. HARDWARE USED: 100 MHZ. 586 PC IMAGE DESCRIPTION: I wanted to create a full size building, one picture can not convey the whole constuction. There are 3 pools, one rectangular frigidarium and two semi-circular tepidaria. I used scans from Roman mosaics around the pool and entrance and for some floor tiles. I used the Baths of Caracalla in Rome, as well as the baths at Bath, England as models. DESCRIPTION OF HOW THIS IMAGE WAS CREATED: I started modelling the columns, making groups of them combined with a base and decorative stonework. I found that using simple boolean geometry was the fastest to render. The arches were the hardest to make because of the complex cylinder subtractions. I also had a hard time getting the right "look" to the water. The lighting adds a lot to this picture. There is yellow-white sun coming in low from the left, there are two lamps, one that can't be seen is throwing a reddish light, while the one that can be seen is throwing a greenish-yellow light. There is also a white spotlight from the ceiling of the dome.