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 (16)
carlx
Fantastic title! Lovely abstract flame!!! I do not afraid, yet...! :)
kareldg
Well done ED. Het doet me denken aan een anemoontje.
CarolSassy
Nice depth 'n' colors! Cool design. I'll just wait here and let someone else check it out first! lol q-: Fantastic first! (:
Henny31
so happy you joined the Apo addicts Be aware!!! Karel must be a super teacher or you a very fast learner.. Very nice Apo with even some depth in it due to the right colors..
miwi
Klasse title,very well done!!!!!
Jennyfnf
I am scared but I will enter because I think this is great start for your Apo career! I am hopeless with Apo and so admire all who produce such stunning results:-))
bpclarke
Excellent image. Very well done. Bunny
npauling
Wow don't fall down there. This is a super start to apo and you will be like the rest of us and fall hard for it.
leonie
Hey Ed, Fantastic Apo image - great start! However on the title, don't you mean who's afraid of the black hole rather than for? Whichever way, it's a doozy of a title which suite the image well. Thanks for your recent contact - will be back to you soon, I hope as I'm off to Dallas again next Tues and not sure how much time I'll have! Take care and talk to you soon! Oh, I just posted a few new pics on dA if you feel like taking a look and let me know what you think. Of course, both series are Sierps! On Carr, yes, his forms are neglected. I'm just not fond of so many of them. He does have some interesting gradients though I noticed thanks to your reminder so I'll definitely be taking a second look at his params! LZ
Juliette.Gribnau
great start with apo !! go on with it !
Fractelaar
welkom in de wereld van Apophysis Ed beter laat dan nooit LOL maar je valt vast niet in dat zwarte gat Nice first try in Apo Ed
Xantipa
Mesmerizing work.
XoxoTree
Excellent title...hmmm I am ...NOT! I love this.
VDH
Heel origineel, in het bijzonder wat de keuze van de titel betreft, maar ..je aandeel daarin lijkt eerder beperkt (grapje)!! Goede "Apo" start!
dinner
Gelukkig heb je iemand gevonden die je kan helpen met Apophysis, Ed :-) Een pracht van een Black Hole. Hmm...ikke niet bang zijn. Ook van mij een goede Apo start !
farmerC
Een intrigerend plaatje. Mooi gemaakt.