TITLE: Night Light
NAME: Dale E. Cieslak
COUNTRY: USA
EMAIL: dcieslak@yahoo.com
WEBPAGE: http://members.tripod.com/~DCieslak
TOPIC: Landmarks
COPYRIGHT: I SUBMIT TO THE STANDARD RAYTRACING COMPETITION COPYRIGHT.
JPGFILE: pharos.jpg
RENDERER USED: 
    POV-Ray 3.1 for Windows

TOOLS USED: 
    Moray 3.1, Photoshop 4.0

RENDER TIME: 
    02h 01m 15s

HARDWARE USED: 
    Homegrown Pentium 100, 32 MB RAM, 2MB Matrox Millenium

IMAGE DESCRIPTION: 

The Pharos of Alexandria was the very first lighthouse, and one of the Seven
Wonders of the 
Ancient World.  Built in 1000 BC, it sadly no longer exists today, but this is
what it may 
have looked like.  At night a large flame burned, visible for many miles. 
During the day, 
a large mirror or lens reflected the sun's rays.  Legend has it that the focused
sunlight
could actually be used to burn enemy ships while they were still far off.  


DESCRIPTION OF HOW THIS IMAGE WAS CREATED: 

Well, I made several unsuccessful attempts at this topic, but while waiting to
eat at a 
local dinner w/attached gift shop, I picked up a book on lighthouses.  I
happened upon a 
drawing of this ancient lighthouse, and it struck me as a great idea.  So when I
got home 
I looked it up on the Web, and found a few pics to work from.  The tower itself
was created
entirely in Moray, as were the boats.  The height field for the hills was
created in 
Photoshop, using the "Clouds" filter, then smoothed at one side to create a
valley for the
water to be in(I can explain further if anyone is curious).  The image map for
the hills was
hand colored from the height map with some noise and other stuff thrown in.  The
boats were
placed by hand in the POV editor.  The sky was created with a sky sphere
gradient and a 
image map of stars.  The "moonlight" effect was achieved using a blue area light
from the 
front left of the scene for the shadows, with a light gray point light on the
right.  The 
flame is my first attempt at "media" so please be kind. :)  

Sorry for no source, but I was in a hurry to submit.  If anyone wants the
source, I will 
gladly e-mail it to you.

