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Published: 2019-04-26 22:01:54 +0000 UTC; Views: 613; Favourites: 25; Downloads: 13
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"Anemone Anomaly." Made with Mandelbulber.
Monte Carlo render, .5%, Soft Shadows, Depth of Field, Global Illumination. JosLeys-KLein + Modulus Mandelbulb.
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Cool version of that one I was looking at it just yesterday thinking I might give that example a go. Still learning Bulber myself. Pretty cool app but also aggravating
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Thanks! Yes, aggravating, but like anything powerful and cool, there's a learning curve. But, there are a lot of examples to start from and just play around with. So frustrating but also rewarding, as long as you surrender your desire for something specific, and instead investigate to find something cool. Lots more like prospecting than designing sometimes. You accidentally find a diamond, and then you slowly learn how to polish it and put it in a nice setting. Rock it out!
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Exactly, exploring and letting the fractal become what it wants to be...
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The color choices are a perfect blend. That blue is beautiful. I would love to see this without depth of field. At least not as much. There is so much more to see. Great work once again Stephen.
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Here's the non-DoF version. Man! Love the extra detail. Cheers!
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Thanks, Ken! Here's the settings, if you want to dig into it. I agree on the no DOF. The kids these days love the focus effects, but I think you end up obscuring and hiding so many good parts. I'll post a version without DOF later! Thanks again!
# Mandelbulber settings file
# version 2.18
# only modified parameters
[main_parameters]
ambient_occlusion_enabled true;
ambient_occlusion_mode 1;
ambient_occlusion_quality 1;
aux_light_intensity_1 5.821866586063575e-05;
aux_light_position_1 -1.853678814505324 2.370265253127085 1.714097105767256;
aux_light_visibility_size 139.8451057597995;
brightness 0.9;
camera -4.16065672705292 2.313286457914752 -3.358952817700942;
camera_distance_to_target 1.092089638007835;
camera_rotation -83.61513805614055 72.3238782095903 59.31226178057538;
camera_top -0.3862028266959128 -0.9079004248883394 0.1583935840949516;
contrast 1.5;
DE_factor 0.125;
DOF_blur_opacity 1;
DOF_enabled true;
DOF_focus 1.075283288955688;
DOF_max_noise 0.5;
DOF_MC_global_illumination true;
DOF_monte_carlo true;
DOF_number_of_passes 4;
DOF_radius 4.58;
fake_lights_color 0000 ff00 0000;
fake_lights_enabled true;
fake_lights_orbit_trap 2 0.07441852986812592 0;
flight_last_to_render 0;
formula_1 122;
formula_2 131;
formula_weight_2 0.5;
gamma 1.2;
glow_color_1 ff00 9300 9300;
glow_color_2 aa00 ff00 ff00;
glow_intensity 4.606003768742085;
hdr true;
hybrid_fractal_enable true;
image_height 2160;
image_proportion 4;
image_width 3840;
mat1_coloring_random_seed 803847;
mat1_is_defined true;
mat1_specular 4;
mat1_specular_width 0.063;
mat1_surface_color_palette 3c11d5 440055 004e4e add564 93873f ffe8e9 104c7a fbff69 0b812a 9580df;
MC_soft_shadows_enable true;
raytraced_reflections true;
saturation 1.2;
target -3.8311157767027 2.350162237527745 -2.318422800659488;
[fractal_1]
analyticDE_tweak_005 0.1;
transf_offset 1;
[fractal_2]
alpha_angle_offset -0.9;
beta_angle_offset -180;
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Ohh, this is beautiful and it also sort of reminds me of those caterpillars that have spines on them, or look like they do. Gorgeous fractal!
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Thanks so much, Lea! Yes, a caterpillar definitely was what came to mind. Then I went with anemone, even though it really looks more like a sea urchin than an anemone. But I liked the alliteration of "anemone anomaly," so that's what stuck. Thanks for commenting!
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I love the title too, very catchy! It is my pleasure!
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