remember that trick of using a couple mirrors to get an illusion of many? like if you needed way tons of soldiers  in rows and columns.. you'd use the mirrors to create an illusion of infinity rows and colums.

I remember someone doing something here and talking of it..but I can't find the post. (but found a huge amt of really old  fun posts to go thru..talk of optical illusions! )

Any idea how to do that mirror thing? And plz..no maths.. 2+2=5 to me.. 

cheers.. 
optically confused me.. 
rosie

well, IRL, you put a mirror faces a mirror, subject between 'em and lighting to suit?

 i sort of tried putting two mirrors at 90 degrees.. and putting the bryce ball inbetween.. got just a single reflection on each..maybe the angle could be a bit closer? 
if i put them facing each other.. i'd have a space inbetween.. though...hmm.. will try it in 15 mins.. 

 nopes..sadly..not working..  :-(  

 Do you think it's something to do with your ray depth?  I thought the default was 6.  But maybe it's set to 1 or 2?

Also with 2 mirrors at 90 degrees you will only get 2 main reflections and a reflection of the reflection

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ha..the black mirror..thank you! and the ray depth! Bless ya.. 
and lol..it is funny that i was the first one to remark on your image! I was amazed at it..

 ok.. can i now be a pest and a silly and ignorant kid?  
black mirror??/ 
(and i feel so stupid asking this..) 

 If your ray depth is set to 2 then you will see a reflection but the reflection of the reflection will be black.

If you set it to 4 then you double the number of reflections before the reflection is black.   The higher the number the more reflections are reflected before the reflection goes black but the slower the render will be.

See in my examples the black square?  That is a mirror that just doesn't have a reflection.

Phil? Somethings wrong with your reflections. Surely the shadow of the spheres on the ground should be on the same side?

 Any errors are probably down to Bryce.  Guess I'll go back to Carrara.  ;-p

Actually, the shadow to the left of the spheres is actually the shadow of the mirror.  

Ah! Mystery solved. You can get back to your heretical app now, ya bum!

noooooooooooo....

 sigh..nopes..not 'appening.. 
ok..
step one.. create a mirror...ie.. plane.. mirror mat
step two.. place a spere infront of the mirror
step three..render..with a ray of 12..i tried 16, i tried 18. are there render options I'm missing here? 

has my brain turned into mush???

 I'm not sure what to tell you Rosie.  I think you may have to post what you are getting. 

 working on it philip..will send them up step by step..
thanks a gazillion for all the help...

 i feel like a clown or someone terribly silly...there must be something so simple that me not doing..and i can't get it. there is a post on it..  www.renderosity.com/mod/forumpro/showthread.php  has to do something with the camera positions too.. 
think i'm expecting magic on this...

Think real world, Rosie.  If you look in a single mirror, you see a single image of yourself.  If you look at someone standing in front of a mirror will see that person and the reflection in the mirror (if the mirror is angled correctly; this is the situation in the scene you have posted)

Now consider yourself trying on that new dress in a clothing store.  Only when there is a mirror in front of you and BEHIND you will you see multiple images.   

The answer your problem: place a mirror behind the camera (the viewer) and the object with the second mirror in front of you.  Now you see the object, the reflected object in the mirror, then the reflection of both beyond that because the mirror behind you bounced everything back... ad infintium.  (sp?).  Mirror angles are critical also.

Nice thing about Bryce is the camera is invisible and never is seen in the image.

Hope that helps.

I think Willy just nailed your problem, Rosie.

The ray depth is set at 12 instead of default 6.

That's it...camera in front of the mirror. I did an infinite hallway in an old challenge image ( I'm still trying to find it) that used that trick

Attached Link: Peelers

Hope this gives you an idea.

Attached Link: Peelers toppers

Quote -  ok.. can i now be a pest and a silly and ignorant kid?  
black mirror??/ 
(and i feel so stupid asking this..) 

Its like magic, you mention someons name or something they've worked on and all of a sudden they appear out of thin air :)

Anyways, dont feel bad, I'm still trying to figure out how to make a mirror. ;)

Thanks everyone..will sit on it in a few hours..and let you know..