Space Fractal

[Nu Zalem]

Alright peeps, I spent a good deal of time creating this using Apophysis. I did more than pick a random flame, a random gradient, and rendered it - I did a bunch of transform edits from a blank flame and played around with some settings. Once I got what I liked I rendered it at the highest quality the program would allow...which took well over three hours even with my rig (which is astounding IMO). Below is the pic:

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I encourage you all to download it. Download link is here - comments along with constructive criticism are welcome. Please tell me your thoughts on it without holding back in a professional manner. As with my planet, this can be used for whichever you deem necessary as long as you credit me (I cannot stress that enough). Thanks for taking the time to look at this topic and I hope all of you have a wonderful day.

[Blarget2]

Full size image link for convenience.
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/10224384/space_fractal.png

[SigSauer]

Looks nice. It reminds me of the title screen of Fusion...

[Nu Zalem]

Blarget2: Thanks for hosting it on dropbox. I didn't want to break the table width of the page with my giant image heh heh.

SigSauer: I'm glad it reminds you of such even though I was just playing around with the settings. Anything else you'd like to add? I could use some useful feedback.

[SigSauer]

I think it's great the way it is. The only thing I could think of changing would be to make the 'dark' parts darker and the 'bright' parts 'glow', a little more contrast between the light and the dark couldn't hurt.

[Zero One]

It is a fantastic image, but I do echo the sentiment of adding more contrast. That would totally complete the picture.

[Nu Zalem]

Well it shouldn't be too much trouble to add some contrast. Personally, if I may commentate myself, I feel that this is a well done piece of work for a first time fractal anyway. It'll be interesting trying to top myself.

[zephyrtronium]

Increased contrast can be achieved very easily simply by lowering the gamma.

[Digital_Mantra]

Amazingly lush. New desktop found.

[Nu Zalem]

Amazingly lush. New desktop found.

Coming from you, that is a wonderful compliment. Also, hop on slsk please?