October 19, 2003

The images in this gallery are all (moderately) deep zooms from the Mandelbrot Set, made in Ultra Fractal 3. No modifications have been made to the formula, and with one exception, each image is only a single layer. These zooms are not as deep as I would eventually like to go, however I am currently using a pIII 400MHz which is just not really capable of handing arbitrary precision in any reasonable time frame. Some of these images took more than two weeks to render (at 1920x1200 pixels or larger with anti-aliasing). I don't so much mind waiting for a completed image to render, but when it takes 10-20 minutes for a 320x240 pixel preview to draw on screen, getting anything done becomes an exercise in tedium. Plans for a much faster machine are underway.

Corkscrew	Infinity	Invertebrata	Angel Lights
Remember Tears	Black Velvet	Blue Outpost	Hemispheres
Red Octavo	Corona	Vertigo	Mantle
No Place for the Cross	Ribbon Grass	Sunken Treasure	Cross of Fire