EMAIL: lowellr@globaldialog.com
     NAME:  Robert Lowell
     TOPIC: School
     COPYRIGHT: I SUBMIT TO THE STANDARD RAYTRACING COMPETITION COPYRIGHT.
     TITLE: School of Fish
     COUNTRY: USA
     WEBPAGE: None
     RENDERER USED: Povray 3
     TOOLS USED: Caffine
     RENDER TIME: 15 hrs +
     HARDWARE USED: Pentium-166 64MEG
     IMAGE DESCRIPTION:
     View point is about 40 ft. under the surface of some imaginary warm water ocean about 1 ft
     above the sea floor.
     ( Please keep in mind I live in WI and don't get to the beach much. ) 

     DESCRIPTION OF HOW THIS IMAGE WAS CREATED:

     Most of the last month was spent in trying to get a set up that actually looked
     like it was under water. I finally ended up using, from the top down
        a sky sphere with DarkTurquoise -Turquoise gradient
        a light source
        a plane at y, 40.0 for the sea surface with a heavily textured filtered color map
        atmosphere ( fog looked ridiculous )
          Sampling_Method=1
          Antialias_Depth=5
          Antialias=On
          Antialias_Threshold=0.1
          Jitter_Amount=0.6
          Jitter=On
        and radiosity
        to achieve an effect that look right. ( although at this point I would probably think
        the same thing about any thing that looked blue )  
        
      The fish, starfish, most of the kelp and the coral( the colored stuf on the rocks)  are blobs  
      generated by loops.
      
      The source is provided, use at the risk of your own sanity.
      Bob