EMAIL: Msg4sebi@gmail.com
NAME: Ionita Sebastian	
TOPIC: Absence
COPYRIGHT: I SUBMIT TO THE STANDARD RAYTRACING COMPETITION COPYRIGHT.
TITLE: The desert of life		
COUNTRY: Canada
WEBPAGE: Not yet avalible
RENDERER USED: 3DSmax scanline renderer
TOOLS USED: 3DSmax
RENDER TIME:  6m 59s
HARDWARE USED: P4 2Ghz, 512 MbRAM
IMAGE DESCRIPTION:
The picture represents the birth of life.A planet on which there is no life there is also
no purpose.Life gives things a meaning
DESCRIPTION OF HOW THIS IMAGE WAS CREATED:
The sand is a plane with a noise modifier, the tree i modeled it from a box and then i added particles
on the branches that look like leafs. The lightning consist of a skylight which i refined 
with radiosity.