I suggested once before a 'Work In Progress" gallery.
How about an "Experimental' gallery where members could post images they are not sure are suitable for general posting. I am thinking along the lines of those dabbling in genres other than their main ones and needing some feedback on how to improve their techniques. It may prevent some lesser than acceptable images being posted for consideration in other areas and could lead to an overall increase in standards.
I have several 'experimental' works (some would see them as rubbish) that I would be embarrassed to upload but would love to have some advice as to where I have failed with them, and how to improve. Learning something new could be made much easier with help and advice given by those with more expertise. I believe there are many willing to give that advice. Also many that would benefit but are hesitant to ask personally.
It could also generate more appreciation of how other types of work are created and result in greater respect for the 'different' work of others.
(We all know that fractals are simply created by pushing a couple of buttons and that photography is just a matter of point and shoot lol. Both those myths could be addressed.)

Why not upload the image, don't be afraid, and caution us in the description? Ide like to see your experiments

I already did upload a few Blithe - a couple Here
and Here

Like many people I have folders full of 'experiments' - strangely the longer I keep them the worse they appear lol

I know what you mean, Lyn. Do we have a mandelbulb expert on site? I'd like to know what I am doing when I push those buttons too. Right now I just change things at random to see what evolves and usually it's the same result over and over again. I couldn't find much about it on the net either. The idea you posed seems interesting, but it would probably go over in much the same way as the lonely images did.