Ian MacKay (1933-), retired carpenter, private pilot, artist, photographer and former commercial pilot. Does the ray tracing. Has had a Highly Commended and a Third Place in the IRTC Competition and his Toco Toucan image graces the Year Three IRTC CD and Cover much to our astonishment and pleasure.

Ethel MacKay, (1940-2000), had an email business for accommodation establishments without computers. She was a volunteer computer teacher, web page designer and helped Ian doing all the computer stuff other than ray tracing.

Programs:- Povray 3.5 for Windows, Fractint for DOS.
Competence: Intermediate
Good at:- CSG (it's carpentry isn't it?), concepts and composition, maybe.
Bad at:- Organic shapes, soft shapes etc therefore Blobs and the like. Totally ignorant of modellers and other fancy programs used by list members. Don't understand Povray Manual Section 7.2.5 (and much of the rest).
Objectives:- I just like making pictures! Came to ray tracing from Photography (too expensive) and Oil painting (too messy).

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Email: ianm@hermes.net.au

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