EMAIL: dcieslak@yahoo.com
NAME: Dale E. Cieslak
TOPIC: Unbelievable
COPYRIGHT: I SUBMIT TO THE STANDARD RAYTRACING COMPETITION COPYRIGHT.
TITLE: Sunset on Loch Ness
COUNTRY: USA
WEBPAGE: http://members.tripod.com/~DCieslak
RENDERER USED: POV-Ray 3.1 for Windows
TOOLS USED: Moray 3.1, Photoshop 4.0
RENDER TIME: 56m 34s
HARDWARE USED: Pentium 100 MHz, 2MB Matrox Millenium
IMAGE DESCRIPTION:
Nessie gazes toward Urquhart Castle as the sun sets over a peaceful Loch Ness, Scotland.  

DESCRIPTION OF HOW THIS IMAGE WAS CREATED:
Using reference photos of Loch Ness, Scotland, I drew some height maps using Photoshop (Airbrush tool,
white foreground, black background, 2%-5% pressure).  I did some test renders to get the landscape 
pretty close to the real thing.  I then created an image map from the height map, using browns and 
greens with the Colorize function, and used some filters to make it look more natural.  I used the 
POV editor to create the atmospheric effects, like the clouds, the sun "halo"/haze, the water, and 
the lighting.  Urquhart Castle was also created by hand in the POV editor. I created the "monster" 
last, using Moray to place the objects, and then turning it into a blob by hand in the POV editor.  
The details and textures were then tweaked until I was satisfied with them.

See source files for details.  I didn't include the color map due to file size.  Sorry! :)