Pictures of the Mandelbrot set in Black and White

[aleph0]

Well done Aleph0, a custom gradient is the way to go, along with adjustable boundary thickness. The program I'm working on also does that. Here's my version with a simple smooth gradient with midpoint 0.25, and 25 samples per pixel.

Thanks Garth. Nice image. Yes, smooth grey-scale can give great results too. There was a beautiful grey-scale render of the Flake location posted by hapf in the Mandel Machine thread recently:
- http://www.fractalforums.com/announcements-and-news/mandel-machine/msg71639/#msg71639

Colour renders of that area can also look great, but for me the marvellous symmetries and complexity of that location are best appreciated with a minimal colour gamut.

Good to see and hear that others are exploring similar avenues.

[Pauldelbrot]

I should also mention Paul Derbyshire's (Pauldelbrot's) awesome DE images and techniques.

Thanks!

I am glad that some of my work is helping to inspire others, and is being built upon.

[youhn]

Got distracted by  palettes, color waves and other stuff ... but I found another black-and-white location. Fits the serie, since the location is also in the area where the main bulbs fade out and the main  antenna begins.

Fake flowers in chains and various appendages



Source: http://jeroensnake.deviantart.com/art/Fake-flowers-in-chains-and-various-appendages-453875638

Made with Kalles Fraktaler. Params:
Re: -1.408730532015920746210533973567119684327245752993570493399512037883760711
Im: -0.000007536886054337146431870256701467257234669022626711638157132027045903
Zoom: 1.91561942608E53
Iterations: 2226211

[Kalles Fraktaler]

That's another fantastic image youhn!
Much appreciated!

[hapf]

I love black and white fractals too. They can look very classy. Hard to make them corny.