TITLE: Prize of the Seas
NAME: Alex Pfeiffer
EMAIL: Dark_steel_dragon@hotmail.com
TOPIC: Forces of Nature
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JPGFILE: blackpea.jpg
IMAGE DESCRIPTION: 

 This image is of a clam sitting in the water in a tropical environment, all by
its lonesome. No clam diggers trying to steal its prize, no predators trying to
feed on its meat.

 A force of nature doesn't have to be something destructive, but what nature in
itself is capable of. A black pearl, a rarity and a beauty, can show what even
natures simpiliest creatures can produce. However, on the flip side, something
of such rarity purges greed inside humans, which in this case would be the
"destructive" force of nature within the pearl of the clam. This clam though,
is not touched by human contact, and is a beauty for nature only.

DESCRIPTION OF HOW THIS IMAGE WAS CREATED: 

 The clam was created in Rhino and was a curve revolves around to form the 2
sides of the shell. The texture for the shell (while hard to see with the focus
on the pearl itself) was taken from a picture of a clam, since the picture had
some water and surrounding in it, I had to crop a section of the clam out.

 The pearl was a basic bryce 5 sphere and changed with different effects to make
it appear as a shining pearl. The fish were not created by me, they were taken
from Toucan, where they were available free for download. The scene was put
together in Bryce 5.

