EMAIL: bertram.henze@t-online.de
NAME: Bertram Henze
TOPIC: Catastrophe
COPYRIGHT: I SUBMIT TO THE STANDARD RAYTRACING COMPETITION COPYRIGHT.
TITLE: The Wave
COUNTRY: Germany
WEBPAGE: www.hologence.de
RENDERER USED: POV-Ray 3.5
TOOLS USED: 
RENDER TIME: approx. one week
HARDWARE USED: Pentium Notebook, w2k
IMAGE DESCRIPTION:
 
"The seismic forecast had not been good - 85% probability of bottom dropout
from the midatlantic ridge meant it was the wrong day for sailing beyond the
beacon line - but he had made the mail boat tour to the Kroozle rocks for over twenty years now, 
every day. 
This day, however, was different; where had all the seagulls...? What!? FULL STEAM AHEAD! LARBOARD RUDDER!"

This is basically a tilted version of an older picture of mine - 
the ocean and the boat are tilted, that is, everything else is left upright. 
Also, more spray was added.

DESCRIPTION OF HOW THIS IMAGE WAS CREATED:

The sea is an isosurface, shaped with a 2-dim granite function, tilted for the large wave effect.
The white spray and stack smoke are spherical isosurfaces with noise3d functions.
The rocks are julia fractals. 
The beacons and boat are all CSG.
The sky is a standard one from skies.inc