TITLE: brownie
NAME: Ian MacKay
COUNTRY: Australia
EMAIL: ianm@hermes.net.au
WEBPAGE: None
TOPIC: Great Inventions
COPYRIGHT: I SUBMIT TO THE STANDARD RAYTRACING COMPETITION
JPGFILE: brownie.jpg
RENDERER USED: 
    Povray 3.5 for Windows

TOOLS USED: 
    Photoshop to adjust contrast and convert to Jpeg.

RENDER TIME: 
    36 mins 22 sec

HARDWARE USED: 
    Pentium 4 2.4Ghz 512 Ram

IMAGE DESCRIPTION: 

                 Two great inventions, Photography and the Box Camera.
Photography was invented in 1839 but was not readily available to the general
public till the invention of the roll-film camera in 1888. I have an Eastman
Kodak Brownie which was my first camera. It was also my father's first camera
and was bought about 1910. I have modelled it as it would have been when new
and placed it in an early Twentieth Century setting.
                                     

DESCRIPTION OF HOW THIS IMAGE WAS CREATED: 

                  This image is mainly simple CSG. The wallpaper pattern is made
from a Fractint fractal, as is the carpet (reflection in lamp body). The lace
tablecloth is also a fractal, used as a height field, with an edge of tori.
                  The photos are from the family album. The album in the image
is modelled on a 1929 album but the oil lamp is generic.
                  The lamp light is an area light under the shade. A couple of
spotlights have been used where fill was needed.
                  The image is all original for this round, except the table
which I had made a few weeks ago for another project. The table top is made
with a sphere sweep and a prism.
                  This image looks best in Photoshop on one monitor, not so good
in Paintshop Pro on another monitor. I have been unable to get my head around
the complexities of Gamma etc..   
                                      



