EMAIL: gaddism@ucsu.colorado.edu NAME: Matthew W Gaddis TOPIC: Science Fiction COPYRIGHT: I SUBMIT TO THE STANDARD RAYTRACING COMPETITION COPYRIGHT. RENDERER USED: POV-Ray 3.0 TOOLS USED: no tools used except to convert the image RENDER TIME: two hours HARDWARE USED: Power Macintosh 7200/120 IMAGE DESCRIPTION: This image fit the science fiction catagory in a somewhat abstract manner. There is a faint fountain visible. It is illuminated by a yellow light from above giving it a divine appearance. The only odd thing is that the fountain is not running, why because of technology. A little theary which I think about is that technology (refering to that in some science fiction) is destructive to the arts and religion. In short it is not a political statement against science fiction but more against the excessiveness of technology. DESCRIPTION OF HOW THIS IMAGE WAS CREATED: I have only been rendering for five months and about two of those using pov-ray 3.0. I believe that one important aspect of rendering is the use of lighting and so that is what I have been focusing upon. Initially the atmospheric effects were not included in the file, the aqua light was surrounded by a sphere which cause the light to make funky patterns on the objects like the light from a swimming pool illuminating walls at nighttime. But then I played with the atmosphere and got some really neat effect which were moving in a sense.