Ed Algra, born in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 1930, now living near Rotterdam. My education was a technical one, I came by accident to artistry, although I always had much interest in art, photography and music.Â
I’m a retired chemical engineer, worked at a research institute on mechanical properties of plastics and composite materials. I heard of fractals for the first time in the late eighties, and then read the well known books of Prof. Hans Lauwerier and other authors on this subject. At that time I also attended a Fractal symposium at the Technical University Delft, where Benoît Mandelbrot and some other prominent authors revealed the secrets of this new mathematical world. The pictures they showed made an overwhelming impression. Years after that, after my retirement and the connection to the web in 2005, I discovered what had happened in the meantime, the birth of a new kind of art, based on fractal concepts. Then it became a creative hobby for me. Both the mathematical and the artistic side of it have my interest.  Especially Ultra Fractal offers the possibility to write your own fractal math codes, and I love it to do so. I started Renderosity uploading on instigation of Arend Nijdam, aka “Fractelaar†in September 2005.
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Comments (12)
Fractelaar
Mooigien Ed en ook nog de nodige nieuwe interresante zooms als ik kijk naar al die spiraaltjes Mooie heldere contrast kleuren
RNGOERNER
Elegant fractal work - love the details, definition and superb depth of your beautiful composition! VOTE
live2
Lovely fractal and beautiful colors!! Excellent design!!!
renderix
very fine fff work! compliment
TheRingess
Lovely. I think a little bit more anti-aliasing would really help this image.
philuf
Wonderful color choice! Excellent composition. v
algra
In a new version I've removed the sharpening, and now the anti-aliasing is improved. Thanks for the tip, Mark.
CarolSassy
Pretty contrast between the darker colored, lovely details compared to the outer field of light colors. Lovely spirals 'n' depth. V (:
fractalinda
This is special. I love the unique design, wintry feel and beautiful coloring. Excellent!
Henny31
a picture perfect FFF. Nice and sharp and excellent coloring.
sossy
exceptional work with different depths! ;o)
fractalchemist
Ooooooooh! Wat mooi, oud rose en zacht groen, een boeket zonder bloemen....