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The competition 2016 is over, we are glad for 69 participants who contributed 167 entries in total, 3664 single votings result in the ranking we have now

to name the winners first we ask to the stage, the fractal artists known by their forums usernames:

"haltenny", "pulsar69", "arias", "stardust4ever" and   "CFJH"  

starting the ceremony with the most open section -  still frame

- the still frame section has "haltenny" with the "New Time Machine" entry as winner in total rating - Congratulations
- the still frame section has "pulsar69" with the "Haunted House" entry as winner in average rating - Congratulations

the film section showed immense film entries, with real stories that where told, the winners here are

- the film secion has "pulsar69" with "Mineralia" a second time this year - winning the total rating - Congratulations
- the film secion has "arias" with "The Exoplorer"  winning the average rating - Congratulations

and the experimental ultra deep mandelbrot section has been rocked by a single person with another interesting results, and the winner os

-  stardust4ever with "Magnum Opus Dragon" - Congratulations
- this section produced the same 1st-3rd places in both ratings
thank you to all participants, contributors and voters!  

and here we go with the top 3 in each category, the colums are:

rank, image, username, title,
Still Frame

Still Frame Total Rating index thumbfilename memberName title rating totalratings averageRating views 1 haltenny New Time Machine 170 40 4,25 366 2 KRAFTWERK Fractal Cranium 145 35 4,14 398 3 Zakar Watermelon Surf IV 140 35 4,00 255 Still Frame Average Rating index thumbfilename memberName title rating totalratings averageRating views 1 pulsar69 Haunted house 119 27 4,40 199 2 arias Jewel body 1 109 25 4,36 344 3 arias Jewel body 2 98 23 4,26 231 Film Film Total Rating index thumbfilename memberName title rating totalratings averageRating views 1 pulsar69 Mineralia 110 25 4,40 240 2 KRAFTWERK Fractal Cranium 107 27 3,96 349 3 pulsar69 The power of love 106 24 4,41 279 Film Average Rating index thumbfilename memberName title rating totalratings averageRating views 1 arias THE EXOPLORER 103 23 4,47 296 2 pulsar69 The power of love 106 24 4,41 279 3 pulsar69 Mineralia 110 25 4,40 240 Ultradeep Mandelbrot Ultradeep Mandelbrot Total Rating index thumbfilename memberName title rating totalratings averageRating views 1 stardust4ever Magnum Opus Dragon 94 21 4,47 193 2 CFJH Bugs 93 21 4,42 132 3 stardust4ever Dance of the Fire Dragon II 91 21 4,33 217 Ultradeep Mandelbrot Average Rating index thumbfilename memberName title rating totalratings averageRating views 1 stardust4ever Magnum Opus Dragon 94 21 4,47 193 2 CFJH Bugs 93 21 4,42 132 3 stardust4ever Dance of the Fire Dragon II 91 21 4,33 217

HIP HIP HIP Hourra!

  Congratulations to all the winners of this great Competition!  It was a real clash of the Titans such incredible quality. 
                       Thank you for all the beauty that you have showed us! 
 

Awesome! So many entries, can't believe I won twice!

PS - Congrats to the other winners, and everyone who participated!

You are right, I haven't thought about it that way. But wouldn't the other sections have had it as well then? Maybe a higher number of entries will make that diversion more obvious.

hey stardust, congrats from me as well,we had many times winners of different sections or winners of different rating systems, you do amazing stuff and this is your prize, i wonder why exactly those two pics made it so high, but they surely deserve it

Thanks cKleinuis. I simply found a neat location and expanded upon it. In fact the coordinates for my second entry Magnum Opus Dragon were inside the first image. At 77 million iterations, it took quite some time to locate the target and render it, not to discredit anyone else's efforts.

I almost feel guilty for hogging the spotlight considering both 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place in the deep zoom category were duplicates. The depth of some of the other entries were truly astonishing. I don't want to think about how long Kalles' e-twenty-something-thousand location must have taken to locate and render....... Also a shoutout for CFJH's 2nd place "Bugs". Every time I see someone else making shapes out of those little Xs, I smile.

One thing about the deep Mandelbrot entry is these locations are pure math objects. The art is all about choosing a path and assigning some pretty colors to the image.

I thoroughly enjoyed viewing the other entries though. There is some incredible talent for show in the film and wild styles categories. Mineralia and The Explorer were both very deserving of awards in the film section, one being "pure" fractal scenes and the other a very well scripted sci-fi short.

Congratulations to all winners and all participants !

I'a m particulary happy about my result in Film secion because i have never win that one, and it's also great  to have Arias wining, because his work is technically incredible.(and i have the luck that Brasnacte do not participate that time ! )


Thanx to all.