Ray Tracer Part One: Setting Up the Scene

The first step to setting up our ray tracer is to set up the scene. Here I setup my scene like the classic ray traced image by Turner Whitted.

On the left is the original, and on the right is my scene as rendered by Maya. The values for the objects in the scene are as follows:

Sphere (left)
Position (X,Y,Z) = 11, 5.60, -3.54
Radius = 1.1
Sphere (right):
Position (X,Y,Z) = 18, 8.62, -9
Radius = 1.1
Ground:
Position (X,Y,Z) = -2.69, 0.41, 1.55
Scale = 6.22, 1, 1.55
Camera:
Position (X,Y,Z) = 37.72, 8.02, -8.29
Rotation (X,Y,Z) = 177.86, 86.2, 180
FOV = 54.43
Light:
Position (X,Y,Z) = 11, 110, -3.54
Attenuation = Linear
Intensity = 80