The rules are as follows:

- Every user can submit ONE cool picture to become our fractal image of the month.
  Images must be your own creation!  Production date is unimportant.

- Good resolution (HD mandatory, 4k preferred for print of calender if you win)
   Images must be fractals, created with fractal software, postproduction is allowed.

- To participate, just post in this thread and attach the image to your post. (don't use the gallery)
   Please add interesting info like software/formula used, parameter sharing is very welcome!

- The first two weeks of the month are for suggestion, until the end of  the 14th of the month,   00.00 hr. midnight  (A'dam time) 
   Check your local time here:
   https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/netherlands/amsterdam

- You can vote for each entry once (using our voting system bronze, silver and gold -  1, 2 and 3 points)
  This voting period is from the beginning of the contest, until the end of the 28th of the month. You can change your vote during the
  entire period.  Voting will be stopped at 00.00 hr.  midnight  A'dam time.  Check your local time here:
  https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/netherlands/amsterdam

- Top3  will be displayed in in the Winners gallery when voting is closed, and at the end of the year in a best of the year
  thread/galleryslideshow.
  https://fractalforums.org/index.php?action=gallery;cat=25
 
- We want to revive the printed fractal calendar idea. So any submitter automatically accepts that his image will be used in the
  calender if it wins.
  (all money from the calendar goes into the further development of fractalforums.)

- Post any questions, or suggestions you have here: https://fractalforums.org/fractal-image-of-the-month/70/fractal-image-of-the-month-discussion-thread/150

Please start admitting your best work now and most off all.... have Fun!   
Fractal Forum team.


Linkback: https://fractalforums.org/fractal-image-of-the-month/70/re-fractal-image-of-month-june-2018-and-the-winners-are/1388/

"Sphere Trajectories"
Buddhabrot method render of a purely 2d fractal with little postproduction in photoshop (colours, contrast)

Tool: BuddhabrotMag
Formula "Sierpinsky Curve"

Tropical fish: Mandelbrot set, Kalle's Fraktaler, Zoom: 1.8E3377, source attached.

Mandelbulb3D dIFS using boardIFS, amazingIFS, and JosKn-ModIFS formulas.
Monte Carlo render - 7 passes

Mandelbulb3Dv18{
g.....x/...33...G.....U...EcjVx4FchuzqfT5hDXBuwjd94bBjzTFwfhJ0RRnrlizOWvfUchPoxj
................................1pyQYzsrX.2........A./..................u.2...wD
...Uz6....UM.....ME1/....2UU5...5/....E4.....s.g7zyqbklD/M......ZlD5/dkpXm1.Isul
y.EnAnID1A../..........wz..................................3/....y1...sD...../..
.z1...kDzlRHXSK7gwHXnlG5uYtjyEQqYujdYMhD2FltzrUULv9iJg9Vkqt2z.pQTbolVdmDg9753Z7w
nt9APvLnNEa8zK0vSPkFTClDU.....YlM/..fK/.......sD.6....sD..G.....................
.............oAnAt1...sD....zEBwPpj91...........I1zKxvm.................G....k1.
.....Ksulz1.......kzxwzzz1.U..6.P....M2...EB....m.dy1c3.Uf.F....6/...I1.....SF52
...U.yzzzzzzzzzzSOQwzzzzJ06.2c..zzzz...MarH7iXyD6oa4dabdnz1..........2.28.kFrA0.
.Ub96aAIVz9.1se7Umvxz0........../EU0.wzzz1...........w0...................E.2c..
zzzz.............0...................2./8.kzzzD............8....................
/EU0.wzzz1....................................8cU0.E./2Ezz/cU08../2E.tzDU08c..2E
./IzT/8cU0.E./2EQs5cU08../2E./bTU08c..2E./2ly/8cU0.E./2EMw5cU08../2E.lqTU08c..2E
./2kz/8cU0.E./2E...cU08czz/cU08cyz1cU08cxz3cU08c................................
E../.AU.V2E.....I....s....UMj3aQYZYFH/EG4B3...........................U1C....6U/
4MU.......EaNaNaNaNez0.......2/EMaNaNaNaNy1...............................2.....
........................................................kz1..........cNaNaNaNavD
.....................2.....3....8....2KPVdLOiRKG4B3.............................
....4MU/...................................OaNaNaNaiz0..........................
..............zDBnAnAnAHM.YaNaNaNaJsz........w1E................................
................................/....E/...k1....8xqQ9tK9Bx4N7NoI................
..................U.06..........nAnAnAnAzznAnAnAnAnoz.........zD........kz1.....
...wz0........yD........p.2........wz.......US4E........kzHnAnAnAnAuz...........
........kz1..........Uf53iSIsusD............}
{Titel: Tutti-Frutti}

The voting rules are,
Bronze   = 1 point,
Silver     = 2 points,
Gold       = 3 points
You can vote for each picture once.  The voting period will be untill (up to and including)  the 28th of June midnight  00.00 hrs. Amsterdam time.  Check the time here:  https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/?


"Please Vote"

The winners of the Fractal Image of the Month June - 2018  are;

Gold,  first place and final winner of this month contest:
Matthewhaggett -             "Menger Puzzle Box"         20 pts.

Silver, second place:
RedshiftRider -                 "Passing"                          18 pts.

Bronze, third place devided: 
Taojoe -                          "Tutti-Frutti"                      14 pts.
mrrudewords -                "Electrified Solar Surface"   14 pts.


Congratulations to you all!