Degree 15 Mandelbulb: Dolly zoom and Rotate

Created using Ultra Fractal.

Average render to disk time 2min 20sec per frame @1280*720 (no AA) on a 2GHz core2Duo.

Image plane distance: 0.001
Magnification: 13000
Minimum distance to origin: 1.024
Maximum distance to origin: 9.728
Dynamic distance estimator solid threshold
Colouring by smooth iteration value

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• mandelbulb
• mandelbrot
• 3d
• fractal
• animation
• digital
• algorithmic
• ultrafractal

[IAmZIM7353]

what exactly is this thing

[MakinMagicFractals]

@IAmZIM7353 It's a 3D fractal - specifically a version of the z^8+c fractal where z and c are a triplex form (like complex but with 3 parts instead of 2) - just search Google or YouTube for Mandelbulb to find more info, or go to fractalforums.

[DollarTaco]

well... that was a bit anticlimactic.

"yes, here we go, let's venture into the intricacies of this imaginary objec- oh... we're flying away again."

[MakinMagicFractals]

@DollarTaco Apologies - I need a faster computer and I can't afford to tie it up for more than a few hours at a time at the moment, so overnight renders are the best I can manage.

Am saving for a dual six-core I7 system :) Or possibly dual 8-core ;)

[bib993]

Is it the expected effect? I thought the goal was to slow down the camera movement when approaching the surface.

[MakinMagicFractals]

Well it would have, except that I forgot to enable "Exponential interpolation" on the dolly parameter in the timeline :(

I also forgot to change the node settings for the dolly parameter so it was set to linear rather than spline curves.

But I decided to upload the result here anyway :)

[Nabo00o]

Mandlebulb was a great discovery, some of its images still continue to amaze me.

[EliteQaurtezz]

ita a bungy jump ride!

[DollarTaco]

@MakinMagicFractals

I wish you luck then!

[fosheezeey2]

kinda shrek-like, you should work with that.

[TwinbeeUK]

I thought it was a kind of neat effect - shows how vast it all this more easily maybe.

Nice!