If you back out far enough to see some of the shape the atoms are forming, you are too far away to see them. So I made them reflect a common tree. And like looking at shapes in the clouds, it's easy to see things in the tree as well.

Didn't get to an ocean beach this summer. Swam in a lake, boated on a river, but it's just not the same.

Another image meant for another project, but I like it so much I had to include it here.

An actual 3d fractal flame, hovering over an ocean. It's actually a composite of 3 renders, one of the 3d fractal, one of an ocean at the same angle, and a 2d version of the fractal used to cast reflections in the water.

This started as an experiment with steam. Part of my Onyx Table series.
This is a remake of the 1999 original. So it would work better with wider formats, I added a reflection in the back as well as modeling a better cup.

A not very likely view from one of Jupiter's moons. I designed this scene really wide, but that made it painful to crop.

Under the setting star, where the glow rods grow, the ocean stretches far and we dream of long ago.

Another beach scene, probably the best so far. I like beach scenes on my desktop, so don't expect this to be the last.

This image holds the record for taking too long. Too many blurry reflections, too many scattered and reflected light rays to calculated.