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thx!

perhaps i upload the tuts to youtube

PC is 2 or 3 years old:
i7-3770k 3,5 GHz, 16 GB Ram

There`s an - at that time - fast Graphic-Card (GTX 690), but "only" the 3D navi use it.

think this is good, but not highend hardware and so i have to wait some hours for some of the example-images -> overnight rendering

i remember the 7.500 x 7.500 needs 3-4 hours:
http://matze2001.deviantart.com/art/amazing-head-Mandelbulb3D-with-parameters-530699957

and the transparent clock - posts before - i would never render at such a big size.

thx ... believe it or not  - the last day´s i understood the iteration - IFS - repeat - DEcomb mechanic and today i made a video tutorial for this aspects and if u had facebook ...
https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=673810936075421&permPage=1

now the ifs are much faster ...

people that is super nice, thank you for sharing your insights

i found same older ...

16bit heightmap is on google drive:
http://goo.gl/iQQkPu

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spooky

statue of ...

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@cKleinhuis

yep, i think i participate the compo. it takes some days to choose and finetune a model - latest 31st of May at 23:59:59 

('ve send fb pn)