Lighting a night time scene in POVRay.

[Roland Melkert]

I tried to place a lightsource inside the scene, but this is clearly the wrong way to do it. Can anyone offer advice on how to achieve what I am

This is the correct way, it's probably just about finding the right coordinates.

For example to modify 5580 just change the default lights color to something dimmer:

Code:

color srgb <0.2,0.2,0.2>

and add a point light below it (just above //=====Cameras...)

Code:

light_source {
  <50,-208,120>, rgb <1,0.75,0> //an orange light
}

resulting in:
   

To find the new lights position you could use e.g a temporary 1x1 plate.