Here is how the top one looks rendered with the latest version of Visions Of Chaos (view full image to see the details). The main change is that it uses the log smoothed continuous potential method (CPM) values for the heights so it really helps bring out the branching structures.
Jason.
Hi, Jason. I tried getting the new trial version of Visions of Chaos running under wine on my FreeBSD machine today but ran into some errors and couldn't get it to work, and I don't have a Windows box.
VoC was the first fractal program I ever used and I absolutely
loved it. I had an old free version so that tells you how long ago it was, but if I could get it running under wine would go ahead and buy the full version just to have it again. I've gotten countless hours of enjoyment out of it and highly recommend it.