{"id":4908,"date":"2013-06-06T20:47:28","date_gmt":"2013-06-07T00:47:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/orbittrap.ca\/?p=4908"},"modified":"2013-06-06T20:47:28","modified_gmt":"2013-06-07T00:47:28","slug":"fractal-getaways-your-electronic-vacation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/orbittrap.ca\/?p=4908","title":{"rendered":"Fractal Getaways:  Your Electronic Vacation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Our brains need a vacation.\u00a0 And what could be a better Brain Resort than the electronic paradises of the fractal realm.\u00a0 Here&#8217;s a sampler of some of the most interesting fractal scenery and composite images I&#8217;ve stumbled upon over the last few months.<\/p>\n<p>Although we&#8217;ve already arrived at our electronic destination, let&#8217;s do the old-fashioned pre-electronic drive to the airport.\u00a0 We pass through some new construction downtown via the expressway:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>~Click on images to view full-size on original site~<\/em><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_4910\" style=\"width: 510px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.fractalforums.com\/index.php?action=gallery;sa=view;id=11023\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4910\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4910\" alt=\"Ship by Dominique_Peronino\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/orbittrap.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Ship-by-Dominique_Peronino.jpeg?resize=500%2C417\" width=\"500\" height=\"417\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/orbittrap.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Ship-by-Dominique_Peronino.jpeg?w=500&amp;ssl=1 500w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/orbittrap.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Ship-by-Dominique_Peronino.jpeg?resize=150%2C125&amp;ssl=1 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-4910\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ship by Dominique_Peronino<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Dominique chose to call this a ship for some reason, but I&#8217;ve been looking at it in my Viewmarks collection for more than a few months and I always see a new highrise in the making.\u00a0 In fact, when driving down the downtown expressway now I&#8217;m reminded of this image when I see any highrise in its early construction phases.\u00a0 Life is starting to imitate fractal art.<\/p>\n<p>These sorts of 3D jackposts and concrete floor images are quite common now but this one is special because it looks like more than just the regular tube and slab stuff.\u00a0 The sky background might have played a role in transforming it although it seems to be just a simple gradient.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_4911\" style=\"width: 510px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/haltenny.deviantart.com\/art\/Shattered-Sphere-354687638\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4911\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4911\" alt=\"shattered_sphere_by_haltenny\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/orbittrap.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/shattered_sphere_by_haltenny.jpg?resize=500%2C375\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/orbittrap.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/shattered_sphere_by_haltenny.jpg?w=500&amp;ssl=1 500w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/orbittrap.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/shattered_sphere_by_haltenny.jpg?resize=150%2C112&amp;ssl=1 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-4911\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">shattered_sphere_by_haltenny<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Something strange and astronomical is going up at the airport it looks like.\u00a0 Haltenny has always been something of a pioneer in the 3D fractal world.\u00a0 I suppose this one isn&#8217;t all that pioneering in the technical sense but I&#8217;ve never seen such an interesting concrete ball structure as this.\u00a0 It almost looks like a fossilized thing with those embedded circular structures.\u00a0 Or is it more like a semi-constructed stone Death Star?<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_4912\" style=\"width: 510px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/haltenny.deviantart.com\/art\/Subterranean-City-342218784\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4912\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4912\" alt=\"subterranean_city_by_haltenny\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/orbittrap.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/subterranean_city_by_haltenny.jpg?resize=500%2C281\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/orbittrap.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/subterranean_city_by_haltenny.jpg?w=500&amp;ssl=1 500w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/orbittrap.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/subterranean_city_by_haltenny.jpg?resize=150%2C84&amp;ssl=1 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-4912\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">subterranean_city_by_haltenny<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Looks like Haltenny got the contract to do the parking garage too.\u00a0 It really pays to explore fractals, 3D or otherwise, because that&#8217;s how I&#8217;m sure people like Haltenny find these sorts of things while others seem to just find what&#8217;s already been found.\u00a0 Images like this really renew one&#8217;s excitement with 3D fractals.\u00a0 It seems like there&#8217;s always something new waiting around the corner.\u00a0 That aspect to fractal art is still the same.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_4913\" style=\"width: 510px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.fractalforums.com\/index.php?action=gallery;sa=view;id=12964\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4913\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4913\" alt=\"My Home Town by Frakkie\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/orbittrap.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/My-Home-Town-by-Frakkie.jpeg?resize=500%2C375\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/orbittrap.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/My-Home-Town-by-Frakkie.jpeg?w=500&amp;ssl=1 500w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/orbittrap.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/My-Home-Town-by-Frakkie.jpeg?resize=150%2C112&amp;ssl=1 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-4913\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">My Home Town by Frakkie<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Uh oh.\u00a0 I don&#8217;t think we&#8217;re in the parking garage anymore.\u00a0 We&#8217;re in the Twilight Zone where reality and fractals meet.\u00a0 It happens in the realms of electronica that airports are grown, not made.\u00a0 This is proto-airport and the runways will be the lava beds once they&#8217;ve cooled.\u00a0 There will be no need for planes because all the departures will be arrivals: your itinerary is written on a mobius strip.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s a neat image, not really a super technical feat or anything, but just for the artistic impression which is what counts in all this really whether you&#8217;re aware of that or not.\u00a0 What I like is that the imagery really does suggest a sort of half-real, half drafting board state.\u00a0 It hasn&#8217;t finished calculating yet but we&#8217;re here already.\u00a0 The crisp contrasts are very digital and yet the lighting also gives the image a very vivid depth and realistic feel to it.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_4915\" style=\"width: 510px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/mario837.deviantart.com\/art\/Light-at-End-of-Tunnel-191884680\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4915\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4915\" alt=\"light_at_end_of_tunnel_by_mario837\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/orbittrap.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/light_at_end_of_tunnel_by_mario837.png.jpeg?resize=500%2C322\" width=\"500\" height=\"322\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/orbittrap.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/light_at_end_of_tunnel_by_mario837.png.jpeg?w=500&amp;ssl=1 500w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/orbittrap.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/light_at_end_of_tunnel_by_mario837.png.jpeg?resize=150%2C96&amp;ssl=1 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-4915\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">light_at_end_of_tunnel_by_mario837<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Yikes.\u00a0 Ample parking means walking a few miles to the terminal.\u00a0 I&#8217;m so glad this is all electronic and nothing is ever more than a mouse-click away.\u00a0 And no baggage either.\u00a0 In fact, I&#8217;m sitting in my basement with barefeet.\u00a0 What&#8217;s so special about this one?\u00a0 The simple depth and perspective is done well.\u00a0 Also, it has the feel of the outside and yet it&#8217;s inside.\u00a0 A sort of interior exterior.\u00a0 It looks like snow has fallen on a shallow river bed but how can it snow inside a tunnel like this?\u00a0 A nice example of how 3d fractals can conjure up some extraordinary scenes.\u00a0 Like Escher&#8217;s work; impossible scenes that just look natural.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_4916\" style=\"width: 510px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/tomwilcox.deviantart.com\/art\/Plaza-Organica-7-212008264\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4916\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4916\" alt=\"Plaza Organica 7 by Tom Wilcox\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/orbittrap.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Plaza-Organica-7-by-Tom-Wilcox.jpeg?resize=500%2C200\" width=\"500\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/orbittrap.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Plaza-Organica-7-by-Tom-Wilcox.jpeg?w=500&amp;ssl=1 500w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/orbittrap.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Plaza-Organica-7-by-Tom-Wilcox.jpeg?resize=150%2C60&amp;ssl=1 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-4916\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Plaza Organica 7 by Tom Wilcox<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Similar in some respects but having a very different feel.\u00a0 The full-size version really shows the smooth, almost abstracted style to this image.\u00a0 Abstracted?\u00a0 You see how hard it is to tell what reality is on these electronic vacations?\u00a0 Isn&#8217;t it all abstract?\u00a0 Also, as a side note, I found this one via Haltenny&#8217;s Deviant Art favorites list.\u00a0 A good favorites list is the best way to browse Deviant Art.<\/p>\n<p>Tom is well known for his very polished and refined style of fractals of which the image above is a good example.\u00a0 This is from his <a href=\"http:\/\/tomwilcox.deviantart.com\/\">deviantART page<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4917\" alt=\"01\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/orbittrap.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/01.png?resize=462%2C332\" width=\"462\" height=\"332\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/orbittrap.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/01.png?w=462&amp;ssl=1 462w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/orbittrap.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/01.png?resize=150%2C107&amp;ssl=1 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>And now for our in-flight dream&#8230;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_4918\" style=\"width: 510px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/dorianoart.deviantart.com\/art\/I-WAS-DREAMING-372288937\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4918\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4918\" alt=\"i_was_dreaming____by_dorianoart\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/orbittrap.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/i_was_dreaming____by_dorianoart.jpg?resize=500%2C300\" width=\"500\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/orbittrap.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/i_was_dreaming____by_dorianoart.jpg?w=500&amp;ssl=1 500w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/orbittrap.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/i_was_dreaming____by_dorianoart.jpg?resize=150%2C90&amp;ssl=1 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-4918\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">i_was_dreaming____by_dorianoart<\/p><\/div>\n<p>I declare the birth of a new fractal genre: <em>Dorianoscape<\/em>; in honour of Doriano Benaglia who is the unrivaled master and inventor of the art form.\u00a0 Encore!\u00a0 Encore!\u00a0 &#8230;here it is:<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_4921\" style=\"width: 510px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/dorianoart.deviantart.com\/art\/THELESTUS-370017431\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4921\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4921\" alt=\"thelestus_by_dorianoart\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/orbittrap.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/thelestus_by_dorianoart.jpg?resize=500%2C300\" width=\"500\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/orbittrap.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/thelestus_by_dorianoart.jpg?w=500&amp;ssl=1 500w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/orbittrap.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/thelestus_by_dorianoart.jpg?resize=150%2C90&amp;ssl=1 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-4921\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">thelestus_by_dorianoart<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Panoramic; timeless; digital surf crashing on the pixel-grained beach.\u00a0 Note the subtle horizon touches like the hills on the left and the little star in the middle.\u00a0 He doesn&#8217;t just slap these things together, he composes them.<\/p>\n<p>The dream continues&#8230;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_4922\" style=\"width: 510px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/dorianoart.deviantart.com\/art\/IPOLEMON-3-374356541\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4922\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4922\" alt=\"ipolemon_3_by_dorianoart\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/orbittrap.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/ipolemon_3_by_dorianoart.jpg?resize=500%2C334\" width=\"500\" height=\"334\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/orbittrap.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/ipolemon_3_by_dorianoart.jpg?w=500&amp;ssl=1 500w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/orbittrap.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/ipolemon_3_by_dorianoart.jpg?resize=150%2C100&amp;ssl=1 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-4922\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">ipolemon_3_by_dorianoart<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The images have this effortless quality to them and yet they are also uncommon and unique.\u00a0 Artists make art and you can recognize the artist from the art, but in the fractal world I&#8217;m sorry to say that the technology is what really makes the art and we are more likely to recognize the software than the artist by looking at the art.\u00a0 But not with <em>Dorianoscapes<\/em>.\u00a0 500 years from now when someone finds an unknown Dorianoscape on a vintage 21st century usb stick unearthed during renovations of an old villa, it will be immediately recognized as the originator&#8217;s handiwork and not one of the thousands of imitators who I&#8217;m sure are bound to spring up in the years to come.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_4923\" style=\"width: 323px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.fractalforums.com\/index.php?action=gallery;sa=view;id=13561\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4923\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4923\" alt=\"MB3D_0474 by 0Encrypted0\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/orbittrap.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/MB3D_0474-by-0encrypted0.jpeg?resize=313%2C500\" width=\"313\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/orbittrap.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/MB3D_0474-by-0encrypted0.jpeg?w=313&amp;ssl=1 313w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/orbittrap.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/MB3D_0474-by-0encrypted0.jpeg?resize=93%2C150&amp;ssl=1 93w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 313px) 100vw, 313px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-4923\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">MB3D_0474 by\u00a0 0Encrypted0<\/p><\/div>\n<p>This one is a real masterwork in the sense that it&#8217;s rich with all sorts of details as well as having a strong overall composition to it and multiple impressive themes like shadow lands; bubble worlds; majestic heights; and more if you study it longer.\u00a0 It&#8217;s not a typical work for Encrypted who usually makes very intricate, jewelled 3D fractals.\u00a0 This one is very painterly and full of smudgy suggestion and panoramic silence.\u00a0 You know,\u00a0 maybe fractal art <em>really will<\/em> become a rich art form.\u00a0 All it needs is a few people with that special skill of working with its special machinery.\u00a0 Encrypted&#8217;s got it.\u00a0 Let&#8217;s hope more people will find it too.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_4924\" style=\"width: 510px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.fractalforums.com\/index.php?action=gallery;sa=view;id=13269\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4924\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4924\" alt=\"Cendria by lxh\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/orbittrap.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Cendria-by-lxh.jpeg?resize=500%2C212\" width=\"500\" height=\"212\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/orbittrap.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Cendria-by-lxh.jpeg?w=500&amp;ssl=1 500w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/orbittrap.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Cendria-by-lxh.jpeg?resize=150%2C63&amp;ssl=1 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-4924\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Cendria by lxh<\/p><\/div>\n<p>This one looks old-fashioned to me.\u00a0 I noted some similarity it had with an old photograph on Wikipedia that I stumbled on:<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_4925\" style=\"width: 510px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/File:Boulevard_du_Temple_by_Daguerre.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4925\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4925\" alt=\"Boulevard_du_Temple_by_Daguerre\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/orbittrap.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Boulevard_du_Temple_by_Daguerre.jpg?resize=500%2C359\" width=\"500\" height=\"359\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/orbittrap.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Boulevard_du_Temple_by_Daguerre.jpg?w=500&amp;ssl=1 500w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/orbittrap.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Boulevard_du_Temple_by_Daguerre.jpg?resize=150%2C107&amp;ssl=1 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-4925\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Boulevard_du_Temple_by_Daguerre (1838)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>It&#8217;s the roof lines, chimneys and evestroughing of this photograph of Paris in 1838.\u00a0 (Actually, a <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Daguerreotype\">daguerreotype<\/a>, an early form of photography.)\u00a0 Interestingly, this photo is perhaps the oldest one showing a living person according to the Wikipedia author.\u00a0 Only the man getting his shoes shined (left-foreground) showed up in this long exposure while all the other people and street traffic disappeared in a blur of (relatively ) fast movement.\u00a0 Lxh&#8217;s image takes us up to the chimney tops (where troubles melt like lemon drops) and we exchange the rest of the Parisian cityscape for fields of clouds in the sunshine.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_4926\" style=\"width: 510px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.fractalforums.com\/index.php?action=gallery;sa=view;id=6385\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4926\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4926\" alt=\"Fractal Rock by Axolotl\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/orbittrap.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Fractal-Rock-by-Axolotl.jpeg?resize=500%2C188\" width=\"500\" height=\"188\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/orbittrap.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Fractal-Rock-by-Axolotl.jpeg?w=500&amp;ssl=1 500w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/orbittrap.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Fractal-Rock-by-Axolotl.jpeg?resize=150%2C56&amp;ssl=1 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-4926\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Fractal Rock by Axolotl<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The Ayers Rock of fractaland.\u00a0 More photoshop than fractal but the importance of the mandelbulb sitting off in the distance is great enough in this image to make it &#8220;fractal&#8221; (whatever that really means).\u00a0 Nice use of lighting and all that serious art technique stuff.\u00a0 Axolotl must know something about making artwork because this sort of thing doesn&#8217;t come naturally.\u00a0 Do you feel like walking in the sun like the woman; or do you feel like sitting in the shade like the man?\u00a0 Couldn&#8217;t he at least drive her over to the Fractal Rock?\u00a0 And what&#8217;s with that steel umbrella that looks like a covered serving platter?\u00a0 A nice early use of composite imagery (Mar. 2011) that has stood the test of time and still looks good despite how retro the mandelbulb now looks to all of us.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_4928\" style=\"width: 343px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/aegiandyad.deviantart.com\/art\/The-Toyota-Annunciation-Sexton-Blake-Magritte-358012633\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4928\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4928\" alt=\"the_toyota_annunciation_sexton_blake_magritte_by_aegiandyad\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/orbittrap.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/the_toyota_annunciation_sexton_blake_magritte_by_aegiandyad.jpg?resize=333%2C500\" width=\"333\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/orbittrap.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/the_toyota_annunciation_sexton_blake_magritte_by_aegiandyad.jpg?w=333&amp;ssl=1 333w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/orbittrap.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/the_toyota_annunciation_sexton_blake_magritte_by_aegiandyad.jpg?resize=99%2C150&amp;ssl=1 99w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 333px) 100vw, 333px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-4928\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">the_toyota_annunciation_sexton_blake_magritte_by_aegiandyad<\/p><\/div>\n<p>I think this is just a filtered and processed photo that resulted in something cool looking.\u00a0 I throw it in because it fits with the electronic vacation and what exactly is the difference really between fractal art and all the other digital stuff, exactly?\u00a0 Don&#8217;t know who Magritte is?\u00a0 Those title allusions are just extras.\u00a0 The image creates its own fantastic context. (&#8220;Better&#8221; than Magritte?)<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s something Magritt<em>-ey<\/em>:<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_4929\" style=\"width: 385px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.fractalforums.com\/index.php?action=gallery;sa=view;id=12888\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4929\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4929\" alt=\"Rain of Pain by CO99A5\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/orbittrap.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Rain-of-Pain-by-CO99A5.jpeg?resize=375%2C500\" width=\"375\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/orbittrap.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Rain-of-Pain-by-CO99A5.jpeg?w=375&amp;ssl=1 375w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/orbittrap.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Rain-of-Pain-by-CO99A5.jpeg?resize=112%2C150&amp;ssl=1 112w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 375px) 100vw, 375px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-4929\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Rain of Pain by CO99A5<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Why pain?\u00a0 I guess the dark sky and dark below-sky (not really land) suggest dark things.\u00a0 Rene Magritte liked to include stark geometry into his nicely pained images.\u00a0 Nowadays we like to include nicely painted images with our stark geometry.\u00a0 If Magritte were alive today he&#8217;s be laughing!\u00a0 And he&#8217;d be out of a job, too.\u00a0 Buried alive by the style he created.\u00a0 Hey, that&#8217;s painful.<\/p>\n<p>What&#8217;s a vacation without a hotel?\u00a0 And if electronic hotels have hand made paintings on the wall, then real hotels must have electronic paintings on their walls.\u00a0 And who knows electified art better than <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/psychoactivartz\/\">Zone Patcher<\/a>?\u00a0 But first the art:<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_4930\" style=\"width: 510px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/psychoactivartz\/6190674949\/in\/set-72157628396637919\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4930\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4930\" alt=\"Reappearance of Ancient Luminous Connections by Zone Patcher\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/orbittrap.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Reappearance-of-Ancient-Luminous-Connections-by-Zone-Patcher.jpeg?resize=500%2C361\" width=\"500\" height=\"361\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/orbittrap.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Reappearance-of-Ancient-Luminous-Connections-by-Zone-Patcher.jpeg?w=500&amp;ssl=1 500w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/orbittrap.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Reappearance-of-Ancient-Luminous-Connections-by-Zone-Patcher.jpeg?resize=150%2C108&amp;ssl=1 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-4930\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Reappearance of Ancient Luminous Connections by Zone Patcher<\/p><\/div>\n<p>From Zone Patcher&#8217;s Flickr notes:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8230;.SOLD&#8230;.to The Park, New Delhi&#8230;..boutique Hotel company&#8230;everything inna da rooms will be white..everyting..except&#8230;my Fractal Collages&#8230;heee..<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>And here&#8217;s the hotel room ($140\/night):<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_4931\" style=\"width: 510px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theparkhotels.com\/goa\/goa\/deluxe-rooms.html\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4931\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4931\" alt=\"Room photo The Park Hotels, Goa, website\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/orbittrap.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/zonepatcher01.jpeg?resize=500%2C283\" width=\"500\" height=\"283\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/orbittrap.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/zonepatcher01.jpeg?w=500&amp;ssl=1 500w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/orbittrap.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/zonepatcher01.jpeg?resize=150%2C84&amp;ssl=1 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-4931\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Room photo, from The Park Hotels, Goa, website<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Of course our electronic itinerary includes a lot more artwork, but you&#8217;ll have to sleep on the floor (your own floor).\u00a0 They weren&#8217;t kidding about everything in the room being white.\u00a0 That big black box thing with the mail slot is a drop safe, I think.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_4941\" style=\"width: 510px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/mario837.deviantart.com\/art\/Bye-Bye-Maria-Elena-193674829\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4941\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4941\" alt=\"bye_bye_maria_elena_by_mario\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/orbittrap.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/bye_bye_maria_elena_by_mario.png?resize=500%2C507\" width=\"500\" height=\"507\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/orbittrap.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/bye_bye_maria_elena_by_mario.png?w=500&amp;ssl=1 500w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/orbittrap.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/bye_bye_maria_elena_by_mario.png?resize=147%2C150&amp;ssl=1 147w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-4941\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">bye_bye_maria_elena_by_mario837<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Nice simple straight-forward image made in Fractal Explorer using a Sterlingware formula that would look nice in any high class hotel.\u00a0 Fractals are the ultimate public art since they&#8217;re decorative and completely lacking any sort of real world connection that could lead to them becoming politically incorrect sometime in the future or even later this day.\u00a0 Look hard at this one and try as much as you can to be offended by it.\u00a0 It just can&#8217;t happen.\u00a0 The title is a reference to the recent passing away of the beloved singer <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mar%C3%ADa_Elena_Walsh\">Maria Elena Walsh<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Since Goa is a short walk from downtown Europe in the fractal realm, let&#8217;s visit some of the cultural wonders amidst the electronic cafes (bring your own coffee).<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_4942\" style=\"width: 510px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.fractalforums.com\/index.php?action=gallery;sa=view;id=13842\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4942\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4942\" alt=\"MB3D_0563_hd by 0Encrypted0\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/orbittrap.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/MB3D_0563_hd-by-0Encrypted0.jpeg?resize=500%2C313\" width=\"500\" height=\"313\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/orbittrap.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/MB3D_0563_hd-by-0Encrypted0.jpeg?w=500&amp;ssl=1 500w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/orbittrap.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/MB3D_0563_hd-by-0Encrypted0.jpeg?resize=150%2C93&amp;ssl=1 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-4942\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">MB3D_0563_hd by 0Encrypted0<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Another fresh view of the 3D mandel-things.\u00a0 Note how it gets Escher-esque on the far right and how the structures vary from straight to curved and from golden to soot-covered.\u00a0 Such a rich variety of things in this one.\u00a0 Is it an electrical station or a steel making factory?\u00a0 Or a clock tower?<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_4943\" style=\"width: 510px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.fractalforums.com\/index.php?action=gallery;sa=view;id=13814\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4943\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4943\" alt=\"MB3D_0554_hd by 0Encrypted0\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/orbittrap.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/MB3D_0554_hd-by-0Encrypted0.jpeg?resize=500%2C313\" width=\"500\" height=\"313\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/orbittrap.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/MB3D_0554_hd-by-0Encrypted0.jpeg?w=500&amp;ssl=1 500w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/orbittrap.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/MB3D_0554_hd-by-0Encrypted0.jpeg?resize=150%2C93&amp;ssl=1 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-4943\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">MB3D_0554_hd by 0Encrypted0<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Like great symphonies, 0Encrypted0 (that&#8217;s how he writes it) gives them simple, unassuming numbers.\u00a0 This one really is a symphony of imagery.\u00a0 I really like the left side wall of shelf things and its lighting especially, and then the depth to which the top right moves off to.\u00a0 This one is strangely panoramic although everything appears to be inside and enclosed.\u00a0 It&#8217;s a city of cities within a city.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_4944\" style=\"width: 510px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.fractalforums.com\/index.php?action=gallery;sa=view;id=13882\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4944\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4944\" alt=\"MB3D_0575_hd by 0Encrypted0\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/orbittrap.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/MB3D_0575_hd-by-0Encrypted0.jpeg?resize=500%2C313\" width=\"500\" height=\"313\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/orbittrap.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/MB3D_0575_hd-by-0Encrypted0.jpeg?w=500&amp;ssl=1 500w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/orbittrap.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/MB3D_0575_hd-by-0Encrypted0.jpeg?resize=150%2C93&amp;ssl=1 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-4944\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">MB3D_0575_hd by 0Encrypted0<\/p><\/div>\n<p>I rarely pay much attention to the names on images like this posted to Fractalforums.com.\u00a0 I just bookmark the ones that look great and so it&#8217;s by accident that I&#8217;ve reviewed three in a row here by the same artist.\u00a0 This one is a fantastic example of rich design in a 3D fractal.\u00a0 It must have really boggled the mind of 0Encrypted0 when he found it.\u00a0 The square areas act like frames and similar to the photography theme of memory boxes, wooden boxes with all sort of inner partitions each one holding some different object or curio.\u00a0 The description note says: &#8220;<em>Amazing Surf CrossBiFold _RotatedFolding _FoldingTetra3d<\/em>&#8220;.\u00a0 And that&#8217;s a pretty good description, too.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_4945\" style=\"width: 385px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.fractalforums.com\/index.php?action=gallery;sa=view;id=13613\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4945\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4945\" alt=\"ModularNexus II by MarkJayBee\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/orbittrap.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/ModularNexus-II-by-MarkJayBee.jpeg?resize=375%2C500\" width=\"375\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/orbittrap.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/ModularNexus-II-by-MarkJayBee.jpeg?w=375&amp;ssl=1 375w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/orbittrap.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/ModularNexus-II-by-MarkJayBee.jpeg?resize=112%2C150&amp;ssl=1 112w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 375px) 100vw, 375px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-4945\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">ModularNexus II by MarkJayBee<\/p><\/div>\n<p>I must have gotten off at the wrong subway stop because everyone speaks English here.\u00a0 There are no signs in the electronic worlds because you&#8217;re always &#8220;here&#8221;.\u00a0 This was just posted a few months ago and shows how Mark&#8217;s painterly style has not been a one time thing (like a mistaken keystroke).\u00a0 I don&#8217;t know if they&#8217;re tearing this down or building it up.\u00a0 But then, what does any of that mean in a place of virtual reality?\u00a0 There&#8217;s a million shades of brown here; some suggesting rust and others polished granite.\u00a0 There&#8217;s the big palace up top in the sunshine being built, but then there&#8217;s the grim, subterranean foundations holding it up.\u00a0 Someday writers might actually write novels for specific pieces of cover art.\u00a0 Do e-books really have covers?<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_4946\" style=\"width: 510px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/vidom.deviantart.com\/art\/Architectura-naturalis-344304889\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4946\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4946\" alt=\"architectura_naturalis_by_vidom\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/orbittrap.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/architectura_naturalis_by_vidom-d5ozncp.jpg?resize=500%2C333\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/orbittrap.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/architectura_naturalis_by_vidom-d5ozncp.jpg?w=500&amp;ssl=1 500w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/orbittrap.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/architectura_naturalis_by_vidom-d5ozncp.jpg?resize=150%2C99&amp;ssl=1 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-4946\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">architectura_naturalis_by_vidom<\/p><\/div>\n<p>These images go so well together I don&#8217;t know whether he added the photography to the fractal or vice versa.\u00a0 Here&#8217;s what Vidom says:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Here I made a single layer fractal architecture, where my main goal was using fog settings to achieve a glassy-windows appearance on the right lower part.<br \/>\nTesting some of my photographs to choose a simple sky, I instead decided to set a natural lush ambiance, with a single photo of a pond I took in a Milan park.<br \/>\nThe fractal itself isn&#8217;t changed but it&#8217;s quite hidden now, so it&#8217;s in manipulations category.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>By the way, <a href=\"Here I made a single layer fractal architecture, where my main goal was using fog settings to achieve a glassy-windows appearance on the right lower part. Testing some of my photographs to choose a simple sky, I instead decided to set a natural lush ambiance, with a single photo of a pond I took in a Milan park. The fractal itself isn't changed but it's quite hidden now, so it's in manipulations category.\">Vidom&#8217;s entire deviantART gallery<\/a> is a vacation all its own with all sorts of panoramic and intense mechanical constructions combined.\u00a0 He also posts very high resolution images so you can wander around the image the same way you can with large works of art in an art gallery.\u00a0 He should charge for admission because it&#8217;s better than Disneyland.\u00a0 Each image is almost a virtual day trip in itself.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_4947\" style=\"width: 510px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/vidom.deviantart.com\/art\/Pythagorean-gardens-and-village-340369963\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4947\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4947\" alt=\"pythagorean_gardens_and_village_by_vidom\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/orbittrap.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/pythagorean_gardens_and_village_by_vidom.jpg?resize=500%2C300\" width=\"500\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/orbittrap.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/pythagorean_gardens_and_village_by_vidom.jpg?w=500&amp;ssl=1 500w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/orbittrap.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/pythagorean_gardens_and_village_by_vidom.jpg?resize=150%2C90&amp;ssl=1 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-4947\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">pythagorean_gardens_and_village_by_vidom<\/p><\/div>\n<p>This is perhaps the most detailed panoramic 3D fractal I&#8217;ve ever seen.\u00a0 The original is 2300 x 1380 px and to me resembles a sports stadium the size of an entire planet.\u00a0 Vidom says this: <em>It suffered a lot with resizing, it went from 65MB to 2.2MB, but it&#8217;s still interesting even with less details.<\/em>&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s something worth noting that this image was made with the same software as every other Mandelbulb3D image.\u00a0 The sky and the cloud-shadows on the &#8220;seating&#8221;\u00a0 (left of center)\u00a0 were added, I assume, but it really shows how operating the machinery is the key skill in fractal art.\u00a0 If it weren&#8217;t a skill then why do some people come up with things like this repeatedly and others don&#8217;t?\u00a0 The creative process is different in fractal art than it is in the traditional hand-made genres.\u00a0 The paint brushes have a mind of their own.<\/p>\n<p>Well, it&#8217;s time to leave.\u00a0 Let&#8217;s head back to the hotel lobby to <del>sneak<\/del> check out:<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_4954\" style=\"width: 510px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/vidom.deviantart.com\/art\/Unspoken-reverie-374163886\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4954\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4954\" alt=\"unspoken_reverie_by_vidom\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/orbittrap.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/unspoken_reverie_by_vidom.jpg?resize=500%2C294\" width=\"500\" height=\"294\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/orbittrap.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/unspoken_reverie_by_vidom.jpg?w=500&amp;ssl=1 500w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/orbittrap.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/unspoken_reverie_by_vidom.jpg?resize=150%2C88&amp;ssl=1 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-4954\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">unspoken_reverie_by_vidom<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Even the greatest hotels of reality-land can&#8217;t compare with the Vidom Hiltons of fractaland.\u00a0 Consider this lobby-scape of the Burj Al Arab in Dubai ($1500\/night):<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_4965\" style=\"width: 510px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/business.financialpost.com\/2013\/05\/31\/take-a-tour-of-the-worlds-most-luxurious-hotel\/\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4965\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4965\" alt=\"Bird's eye view of the lobby of the Burj Al Arab in Dubai\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/orbittrap.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/03.jpg?resize=500%2C375\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/orbittrap.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/03.jpg?w=500&amp;ssl=1 500w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/orbittrap.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/03.jpg?resize=150%2C112&amp;ssl=1 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-4965\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bird&#8217;s eye view of the lobby of the Burj Al Arab in Dubai<\/p><\/div>\n<p>I don&#8217;t see anyone at the main desk so I guess they don&#8217;t care if I leave without paying my bill&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>I get a window seat on the plane and take these photos on arrival back home.\u00a0 Something&#8217;s happened since I left.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_4956\" style=\"width: 510px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.brodie-tyrrell.org\/john\/bbrot1.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4956\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4956\" alt=\"bbrot1 by William Brodie-Tyrell\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/orbittrap.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/bbrot1.jpg?resize=500%2C375\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/orbittrap.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/bbrot1.jpg?w=500&amp;ssl=1 500w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/orbittrap.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/bbrot1.jpg?resize=150%2C112&amp;ssl=1 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-4956\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">bbrot1 by William Brodie-Tyrell<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_4957\" style=\"width: 510px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.brodie-tyrrell.org\/john\/bbrot5.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4957\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4957\" alt=\"bbrot5\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/orbittrap.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/bbrot5.jpg?resize=500%2C375\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/orbittrap.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/bbrot5.jpg?w=500&amp;ssl=1 500w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/orbittrap.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/bbrot5.jpg?resize=150%2C112&amp;ssl=1 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-4957\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">bbrot5 by William Brodie-Tyrell<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_4958\" style=\"width: 510px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.brodie-tyrrell.org\/john\/bbrot3.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4958\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4958\" alt=\"bbrot3 by William Brodie-Tyrell\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/orbittrap.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/bbrot3.jpg?resize=500%2C375\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/orbittrap.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/bbrot3.jpg?w=500&amp;ssl=1 500w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/orbittrap.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/bbrot3.jpg?resize=150%2C112&amp;ssl=1 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-4958\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">bbrot3 by William Brodie-Tyrell<\/p><\/div>\n<p>I found these buddhabrot images via a posting on Fractalforums.com recently, but I think they may date from 2004 if they&#8217;re of the same vintage as most of the other stuff on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.brodie-tyrrell.org\/bbrot\/\">the original site<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Reality can be edited in fractaland.\u00a0 I quite like this one.\u00a0 The effect is great even though the parts put together are quite ordinary.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_4955\" style=\"width: 350px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/48232773@N00\/438744831\/\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4955\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4955\" alt=\"Fractal by Alizadeh100\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/orbittrap.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/Fractal-by-Alizadeh100.jpeg?resize=340%2C488\" width=\"340\" height=\"488\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/orbittrap.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/Fractal-by-Alizadeh100.jpeg?w=340&amp;ssl=1 340w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/orbittrap.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/Fractal-by-Alizadeh100.jpeg?resize=104%2C150&amp;ssl=1 104w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 340px) 100vw, 340px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-4955\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Fractal by Alizadeh100<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Fractaland, it&#8217;s just a click away.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Our brains need a vacation.\u00a0 And what could be a better Brain Resort than the electronic paradises of the fractal realm.\u00a0 Here&#8217;s a sampler of some of the most interesting fractal scenery and composite images I&#8217;ve stumbled upon over the last few months. Although we&#8217;ve already arrived at our electronic destination, let&#8217;s do the old-fashioned &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/orbittrap.ca\/?p=4908\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":4918,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4908","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/orbittrap.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/i_was_dreaming____by_dorianoart.jpg?fit=500%2C300&ssl=1","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1556,"url":"https:\/\/orbittrap.ca\/?p=1556","url_meta":{"origin":4908,"position":0},"title":"BMFAC: Out of Sight, Out of Mind?","author":"cruelanimal","date":"11 September, 2010","format":false,"excerpt":"I find this work menacing\/playful because of the way the optical suggestions of the purity of line makes resonant the larger carcass. 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