POVRAY: chess scene

[leigh]

You should really take down the reflectivity of the glass - it's just a little too much. Also try making the transparency murkier - the current transparency is making the pieces appear a little flat.

Another thing to consider is your camera angle - it's a bit boring. Try going for a more closeup camera - you don't need to see the entire chessboard to know it's there. You should place the pieces into a dramatic close-to-checkmate position and have a cool wide angle of it, with some nice DOF on the background pieces.
Just a thought :)

[bibi5000]

As Leigh said, move the camera and PLEASE put on a interesting position (maybe "Kasparov meets Deep Blue" :D)

But, hey: GO POV-RAY, GO! Cute little Raytracer!

[Array]

ha, if only pov could do dof :(

[Array]

Here is the daylight render, it took about 1 hour. Thx for the feedback, but this is due in 4 hours (i need sleep after all). Sorry about the compression.

[TheWriter]

"ha, if only pov could do dof :("

Actualy, yes it can.

BTW, please stop horribly compressing your images. It makes them look awful. In any case, your lighting needs much more improvement. I've seen povray images and i know it can do far better than this. You may want to read the tutorials at the povray site.

[Array]

writer- cgtalk limits you files no larger than 50k.

[edaddy]

the massive reflections make my eyes hurt:insane: ........and your scene confusing.........

[OrestesMantra]

The light seems a little too intense. Too much reflection on the ground. Make it more interesting by making it so the game has started and pieces are knocked down,etc etc.

Good job though.

[Array]

TheWriter- instead of blatantly flaming me, why dont you tell me exactly whats wrong with my lighting? Im not saying it's perfect, I just want to know how I can improve my scene. This is a critique board, not a "Im better than you board" (or in YOUR case "I know people who are better than you board") that some people make it out to be. :annoyed:

Also, the tutorials on the POV site only go over how to actually set up the lights in a scene from a technical standpoint, not an artistic one. How is that going to help me? That's like saying the "Renderman Companion" or "Advanced Renderman" will enable me to make images like those that come from Pixar. Not so. They are merely technical referances.

For everyone else: I GREATLY appreciate your constructive criticism :beer:

[HapZungLam]

the desk is abit too shinny.

[ilasolomon]

Array
a like your first image more
there is not a lot of reflection/reflaction there i think, it worked
nice piece of art & also i like the angle & FOV of camera.
coz this is not supposed to be a PHOTOREALISTIC IMAGE
it's a RAYTRACED ART...if anybody could understand what i mean!
it's FOLK, it's PULP, it's RAYTRACING ART by C++!!!

[Array]

thank you for your kind words :) I actually submitted both images for my final project, because I wanted a dusk and daylight type feel :) Thanks again :beer:

[WarlockXKZ]

About the Depth of Field, I think you can get some result trying to put the focal point and aperture information on your camera {}
like this:

camera {
(...)
focal_point <x,y,z>
aperture N
blur_samples N
}

The blur samples reduce the grainy aspect a little.
I don't use Povray anymore, but I think this would work.

For some reference:
http://www.cacr.caltech.edu/~slombey/asci/povray/pov95.htm

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