TITLE: You ARE history
NAME: Matthias M. Giwer
COUNTRY: USA
EMAIL: jull43@ij.net
WEBPAGE: http://members.aol.com/jull43
TOPIC: History
COPYRIGHT: I SUBMIT TO THE STANDARD RAYTRACING COMPETITION COPYRIGHT.
JPGFILE: truck1d.jpg
ZIPFILE: truck1d.zip
RENDERER USED: 
    POV-Ray 3.1e

TOOLS USED: 
    Photoshop for license plate height field and JPEG
conversion

RENDER TIME: 
    2hr18m @1280x1024 (required, see below)

HARDWARE USED: 
    PII/333 128Meg

IMAGE DESCRIPTION: 
    The last image ever seen. The nightmare of
every tired driver. 


DESCRIPTION OF HOW THIS IMAGE WAS CREATED: 


     I suggest this for best in the class of the most off-topic 
while fitting the contest subject name into the title. 

    The fog does more than its share to cover up the 
imperfections in the image. The guiding image came from the 
website of the Peterbilt company. Their designers should not be 
too much after my scalp for the liberties I took with the 
proportions. 

     The key to this image is the use of lights. Every light you 
see and reflections on the truck bumper come from light sources. 
They are the only ones in the scene. Method of generating them is 
in the source code. There are no other lights in the scene. 

     The higher rendering resolution was required to prevent POV 
from ignoring the smaller parts of the grillwork. These were 
preserved in the size change by PS. 


