Author's comment:
Global illumination test.
The illumination is coming from a sky dome and an area light with ray-traced shadows.
The skull is a polygonal object, while the woman's face is a NURBS surface.
Depth of field has been used to fade the background.

Statistics:
Image resolution: 640x512.
Rendering time: 9 minutes on a dual PIII 800Mhz.

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