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[LaurieAG]

Here are a couple of screen captures from an optical feedback loop with 1 (3 space +1+1) and 2 mirrors (3 space +1+1+1). As you can see by the banding, the hardware is at its limits, sorry about the quality.

[Chacmool]

Originally Posted by Turtle

Ahhh Chacmool, Flower of South Africa! My pleasure measure is at the square of yours. [Chacmool ^2] Now mind you I don't know which, but you have either motivated my inspiration or inspired my motivation. By authority I have vested in myself, I dub the abstract work subtitle, Chacmool's Blues & affirm the piece will be so inscribed.

Thank you, dearest Turtle! This is such an incredible honour!

[orbsycli]

Whoa!! Mirror fractals???!
I want to do that!

[LaurieAG]

Originally Posted by orbsycli

Whoa!! Mirror fractals???!
I want to do that!

Hi Orbsycli,

I call the second one "Tree of Man"

The set of images below show how to recreate the images. Unfortunately you will probably require the exact same hardware to produce these images. The images were captured at what could be considered as a Poincare section of a photon loop normalised along the time dimension. It's a bit like a Lorenz Attractor plot where the calcs don't go to the extremes and are fuzzed out by the optical and electronic lag (i.e. close to full circle not a convoluted one).

It's surprising what you can get when you change 3 angles and the distance, from the view horizon and then add one or two mirrors (no smoke involved).

I'll add another couple of posts with the remaining images.

Chaos is purely nature in action,
first find that correct butterfly,
and you can make anything happen.

Anti chaos is also quite easy to do,
first find that correct butterfly,
and then say boo.

[LaurieAG]

Here's the next 5 images, you'll like no 3.

No 4 is created by quickly pressing your finger on the screen. The orb expands into a pure Einstein Ring with a neat ripple running around the inside.

In No 5 you cannot see my finger placed on the screen on the edge of the orb.

No 6 shows what happens if your camera is too close or too far away (I'm not sure which)

[LaurieAG]

No 6 is the other one when the camera is too close or too far away from the view horizon (Poincare section).

No 7 is what you get when you add 1 mirror to No 2 FernShell and 8 & 9 are what you get with a little bit of extra manipulation and 2 mirrors at right angles.

Enjoy.

[orbsycli]

Those are all absolutely amazing...and am going to need another 20 years before I can understand it's function

with that said, here's a hoard of old sketches I'd like to share with you guys (before it touches the flame)

P.s. Ever tried burning a pastel piece?
Pastel beautifully melts when it burns...

[orbsycli]

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