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.ÂÂ
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 (44)
CarolSassy
I love this one Ed! Excellent work! (:
miincdesign
This is marvelous. Lovely colors and terrific shapes. One of your best!! Straight to favs:)
Juliette.Gribnau
wat een heerlijke nacht..kristalhelder en fris !Ik krijg de neiging om "oh what a night...." te zingen
wannes
Prachtig werk, een mooie sterrenhemel!
Fractelaar
Prachtig Ed mijn complimenten
daffodilbaggins
Lovely fractal, and that's a very nice shade of dark blue-gray!
carlx
Very beautiful composition, details and night mood!!! Excellent work!!!
bakapo
lovely coloring and shapes ... this just pops off the screen!
vxbob
Stary, stary night...great work.
clydedough
Gorgeous stars...absolutely gorgeous! Great night greys.
kansas
Oh, so very pretty!
mansco
This has a so lovely mood. Well done ;O)
amota99517
Love your work with the stars. Excellent render.
lilbiscuit
Beautiful work!!!
bpclarke
Lovely, pearly stars! Excellent design and work. Bunny
VDH
De sterren fonkelen aan het firmament! Goed werk Ed!
afugatt
Gorgeous!
jccj56
WOW!! Very Beautiful Artwork!! Love the colors,design and lighting. Fantastic Creation!!!!!
FractaliaNo1
Outstanding beauty!
Lipa
They actually pulsate. Beautiful.
Xantipa
Very very nice - like it a lot
saretta
Hypnotized by the beauty,marvelous design and incredible lighting!!!:-)
Eleandras
No words. Beautiful.
farmerC
Een Winner,ED. Schitterend.
merrymary1604
super colors and outstanding forms and shapes!
philuf
Beautiful and joyful fireworks!
annie5
Fantastic Ed..very beautiful! I really love it :)
fractalinda
A beautiful image with a magical night mood. Wondrous design and superb colors.
iceberg5
I like the intense light sources in this fine image !
dinner
Wow, geweldig deze sterren partij !