First of all, many thanks for your concern!  I am well, but am still living with the nightmare of nightmares, a bad hard drive which we are struggling with, hoping to save all my data, including many months worth of image files and the base files for most of my textures.  It is very slow going, and in the meanwhile I have the occasional loan of a computer here or there.  It's quite frustrating for me, because the loaners are typically old and have unsupported OS, which means they are slow and also don't have any of the software I am used to.  This weekend may be the make or break point, I am keeping my fingers crossed!

 This was a difficult and fascinating challenge, I really enjoyed seeing such cleverly hidden images!  The images were all so well done, everyone deserves a cheer!

Here is the count:

 

Tied for seventh place, with 1 points: Katanas' 'Butterflies are free' and mcw1917's ' Mid-Eastern Marketplace'

In sixth place, with 2 points:  helanker's second entry

Tied for fifth place, with 4 points: ligt's 'Grass Monkeys' and mcw1917's 'birth of a dragon'

In fourth place, with 5 points: hauksdottir's 'smotherhood'

In third place, with 8 points: SusiQ's 'The painting'

In second place, with 11 points:  bentchick's 'face 1'

In first place, with 12 points: helanker's 'hitten in the dark'

Congratulations to everyone!  I can't wait to see what the next challenge will bring!  helanker, please let me know what you want to challenge for September.

~Viv

Fractals will always amaze me!