Thanks a lot, you guys! It sure was a big surprize and I'm still buzzin' about it. I'm all fired up to get that image printed on canvas and hang it on my wall or sleep with it like some little kid - lol. But I really think it's great for ALL of us. Fractals are starting to catch some eyes in the mainstream, I think, and there's surely going to be some great stuff down the road for MANY of the folks here if we keep "pounding on the rock", as John Gruden tells the Tampa Bay Bucs. And here's yet another source of optimism for fractallists and Apo-addicts: Check out last years winner - It's a FLAME with what looks like maybe a UF sine-mod or mapped background pattern if my eyes aren't fooling me! I don't think even Don Archer picked up on that one. I hope a lot of us in this gallery will remember this, bookmark the page and enter the contest next year because I really think there's a BUNCH of folks here that could show 'em a thing or two.......or......THREEEEEEEEEEEE!!!! Yikes, flashback! lol (ya had to be there...:-)) C-ya! Rick