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 (24)
Juliette.Gribnau
wat een juweel van een bloem, en wat een schitterende opname ervan !! Dankjewel dat je deze aan ons liet zien om ervan te genieten !
Fractelaar
Mooi scherp bloemen macro shot Ed komt mooi uit tegen die wat dromerige achtergrond
CarolSassy
Sooooo pretty Ed! Beautiful shot! (:
rj2650
Wunderbar! Very nice shot.
tennesseecowgirl
Pretty work!
VDH
Mooie scherpe foto van deze mooie plant!
G_Mansco
That's a splendid shot, Ed ;O)
meico
Great photograph and interesting information ... a combination I always enjoy Mike
fractalbeke
Je blijkt niet alleen een goede fractaler te zijn, maar bovendien ook een goed e fotograaf. Prachtige bloem is het en interessante info.
mel841
Great capture!!
annie5
First time i see this flower Ed! Very beautiful..great capture :)
dbrv6
amazing
leanndra
A beautiful plant! I have heard of it as burro's tail! Leann
carlx
Wonderful close-up, details and light!!!
durleybeachbum
Yes! mine flowered for the last 3 years too! An excellent macro!
GBCalls
Interesting! Excellent display
afugatt
Beautiful shot! I've never seen one of these bloom before. Thanks!
SSoffia
EXCELLENT FRACTAL/PHOTOGRAPY !!!!!!
Eleandras
Wonderful macro shot!
amota99517
Beautiful!!!!!
NekhbetSun
I love these and great capture !
farmerC
Bijzondermooi macro werk. Een topper.
erlandpil
It is beautifult erland
three_grrr
I love sedum in all it's forms. This is beautiful, I have never seen this one in bloom! A bit of a departure from your usual images, you should pop a photo in here and there, I'm guessing it's another of your talents!