## 3.1 Our First Image

You know you have been raytracing too long when ...
... You have gone full circle and find your self writing a scene that contains only a shiny sphere hovering over a green and yellow checkered plane ...
-- Ken Tyler

We will create the scene file for a simple picture. Since ray-tracers thrive on spheres, that is what we will render first.

In 'Our First Image' ...
3.1.1 | Understanding POV-Ray's Coordinate System
3.1.2 | Adding Standard Include Files
3.1.3 | Adding a Camera
3.1.4 | Describing an Object
3.1.5 | Adding Texture to an Object
3.1.6 | Defining a Light Source