The Ray Tracer Challenge: Page 130 Wall
Page 130 I render the wall ok by rotating the plane in x PI/2 as he says to do on page 125.
However I get a massive shadow across the entire wall. Why is that happening?
Seen here : https://www.scfdev.com/test/render1.png
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