This Challenge theme was selected by Rocserum

" I have a wish. Be careful with our earth, we have only one, Hemingway once said, so this is my proposal for a topic:  "wonderful world"...Rocserum

So a Wonderful World it is.....There will be a few changes in this Challenge, due to the Holidays this Challenge will run until the end of January 2013 and there will be 3 entries allowed per member.

Challenge will open Midnight tonight

We only have this one world, we should strive to Protect it, to keep it Beautiful and Free for all it's Inhabitants, to make it a "Wonderful World". However in the Multiverse of Fractals there are countless Worlds and we want to see your Fractal interpretation of a Wonderful World, any World, real or imagined.

Images must be composed of a Fractal , any amount of postwork allowed, imported models, and backgrounds, can be used, however the main focus of the image MUST be a Fractal.

Any version of any Fractal application can be used.

Images must not be signed or any Titles applied to the Images themselves.

Images must be new and never posted in Renderosity Galleries before, All images must adhere to Renderosity's Terms Of Service.

Please keep the images to a maximum of 1024 x 1024 pixels and 200k max.
Thumbnails MUST be included, and must be: 100 X 100 pixels (No larger-No Smaller)

Challenge starts Saturday, December 8th, 2012 at 12:00AM[Renderosity time].

Challenge ends Thursday, January 31st, 2013 at 11:59pm[Renderosity time].

3 images are allowed per person.
Image must be a new work, and not previously posted in the gallery

-Voting-

Voting will take place after the challenge closes and is open to all members.

Voting will begin at close of the challenge Friday, February 1st at 12:01AM and will be open until Monday, February 4th, 2013 at 11:59 PM (Renderosity time).

First place winner picks the theme for the next month, subject to approval with the challenge managers.

Announcement of winners will be in the Fractals Forum the day after Voting Closes.

We made a planet, a beautiful world
Let love surround it, and give it a whirl,
I can't understand why it's so hard to keep
This beautiful world living and free...

Time to let the watch unwind,
Tell your heart to make up your mind,
We can't wait to give at the end,
Wasting all the time we can't spend.

Excerpt from "Beautiful World" by Big Head Todd and The Monsters

great topic

Attached Link: you can watch my world to:

Great topic.
Should make for some awesome images.

Corrie

Yes, that's a wonderful theme! And with three entries per member it could be a very interesting challenge.

Hi friends,

Thanks Len, and Rocserum/Cornelis,

This topic gives us many possibilities, so it will be 'a big surprise challenge', definitely. :)

Have a great time, 'guys'!
Greetings, Mies.

P.S. I love the words of this song you posted, Len.

Great Idea and Theme....Should be quite the challenge for all who enter...Good Luck To All!!!

December 2012 thru Januaru 2013 Wonerful World Themed Challenge is now in the Voting Stage Wonderful World

New Showcase Window for Jan 2013 is now up

Caramba, that was hard, to pick a winner!

Len, can't we vote for more images?
Like a #1; #2 and #3?
It's so hard to just pick one.

Corrie

Thanks for the new Showcase!
And for including my images.
I am honored. :-)

Corrie

Well, yeah we could, it would mean I have to disable the automatic vote counting, open a new thread in the Forum for the Voting and do a manual tally, also it would mean the Voting Process would no longer be Anonymous.

So, that's ok, no?
Or would that be a problem for people?
Would it be too much work for you?
Honest, ok?

Danny in the Terragen Gallery does it that way sometimes.

Doesn't matter to me, whatever everyone wants I'll do. It's not like there is 100s of voters to tally usually only 20-30, thing I wonder about is if making it more time consuming for the voter will there be less participation...I don't know, maybe it will increase.

I have no idea, Len.
Yes, I had Danny in mind.

Ok, I had to ask it.
I go with what everyone else wants. :-)
Thanks, Len.

Corrie

Hi there friends :)

If you want to know my opinion: For me it's okay as it is now.

Have a nice weekend, and we'll see what the others want.

Mies.

Quote - making it more time consuming for the voter will there be less participation...I don't know, maybe it will increase.

I think Len, you are right,

Sorry Corrie, but one vote looks me better.

Ok, I go with one, too, then. :-)

Corrie

I agree with Corrie that it was very hard to pick just one. So many extraordinary images! I think I went over all the entries at least 4 times before I could decide which one was the winner for me (although there were 2 others who had a very close call).

Still I think one vote is fine ^_^

a vote is  fine with me,too

Here are the Winners of the Dec/Jan Fractals Themed Challenge Wonderful World

Congratulations to the winners and to all who participated in the Challenge.

Badsue took 1st Place by a fairly wide margin followed by a very close 2nd and 3rd by Rocserum and Kareldg.

Thank you to all who took the time to Submit entries to the Challenge and to all who participated in the Voting.

** 1st Place**
Entry #6 by Badsue on January 9, 2013 1:38 am ** 2nd Place**
Entry #1 by rocserum on December 11, 2012 5:52 am ** 3rd Place**
Entry #4 by kareldg on December 20, 2012 11:54 am Badsue will need to get in touch with me with the Theme for the Next Challenge.

I have decided due to Feb being a short Month and being a week into it already this next Challenge will run through the end of March to give plenty of time for Ideas.

Complete List of Entries

rocserum
12/11/2012
Entry #1

rocserum
12/11/2012
Entry #2

dochtersions
12/20/2012
Entry #3

kareldg
12/20/2012
Entry #4

dochtersions
01/03/2013
Entry #5

Badsue
01/09/2013
Entry #6

peedy
01/10/2013
Entry #7

Rapesco
01/10/2013
Entry #8

Terraflora3D
01/11/2013
Entry #9

Terraflora3D
01/11/2013
Entry #10

Rapesco
01/13/2013
Entry #11

Terraflora3D
01/22/2013
Entry #12

Rapesco
01/22/2013
Entry #13

kareldg
01/22/2013
Entry #14

VEDES
01/23/2013
Entry #15

VEDES
01/24/2013
Entry #16

carwx
01/26/2013
Entry #17

VEDES
01/26/2013
Entry #18

Badsue
01/26/2013
Entry #19

carwx
01/26/2013
Entry #20

rocserum
01/27/2013
Entry #21

dochtersions
01/29/2013
Entry #22

kareldg
01/29/2013
Entry #23

Congrats, you 3.
Some awesome images from you. :-)

Fantastic image from everybody.

Corrie

Congratulations Sue, from your amazing world I followed the others to know if there were better postings. there still beauties, but you are a for me a absolute winner. Congratulations, also Karel with his entry. For all the others, my theme was well represented. Well done!

Roc Serum / Cornelis

Hi Friends!

Congratulations to Sue, Cornelis and Karel, and their beauties.
So well deserved winners.
I'm with Cornelis, his theme is interpretated so diverse, and in a wonderful way too.

Mies/Jacomina :)

congrats to  all

Also my congrats to Sue and Cornelis, but also to the others who shared this contest.

I always was very pleased to see your beautiful entries. Please keep going on!

Thanks so much to all who voted for my image and congrats to Cornelis and Karel! And congrats also to everyone else who participated, there were so many great images posted this time! It was a great theme Cornelis had chosen, so I expected many entries anyway. Loved what I saw! I'll come up with a new theme very soon, wil send you a site mail, Len.

As for the number of votes theme - I'd like to stick with one because I find it harder to decide for 3.  As Len already said - it may afford too much time to pick 3 and there may be less votes - just guessing though.