TITLE: The Field
NAME: G_rard Mansoif
COUNTRY: France
EMAIL: mansoif@feedbase.com
TOPIC: Sea
COPYRIGHT: I SUBMIT TO THE STANDARD RAYTRACING COMPETITION COPYRIGHT.
JPGFILE: gm_field.jpg
ZIPFILE: gm_field.zip
RENDERER USED: 
    Megapov 0.5 plus mod 0.2.5

TOOLS USED: 
    Povray editor

RENDER TIME: 
    around 30 mn (forgot to check)

HARDWARE USED: 
    Pentium III 733 Mhz

IMAGE DESCRIPTION: 

This image is inspired from an WWII photograph of a
submarine in a mine field (I suspect now that the picture
a fake, nobody could have taken it).


DESCRIPTION OF HOW THIS IMAGE WAS CREATED: 

It was a pretty straightforward process, done exclusively
in pov (except the texture maps for the ship and the mines).
The ship itself is a big blob (actually 8 blob pieces) with
foreign CSG material added.
The mines are isosurfaces + CSG.
The environment is scattering media. With a 733 Mhz and
method 3, media has become usable at least.
The chain link is made with a macro by Rob Antonishen.
Everything is in the zip, but the image map and normal map 
for the ship are not given (the original one is here :
http://www.bulletproof-studios.com/ship1.jpg) and the font
for the ship name (Stamp).

Things to improve : if have the time, you can put an area
light to get softier shadows below the submarine.

I deliberately didn't put fish in there to keep it
unrealistic.

G_rard Mansoif

