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 (29)
carlx
Stunning piece, Ed!!! Wonderful tones, textures and mood!!!
ledwolorz
Fantastic work.
Mousson
WOWWWWWWWWWW Fantastic !!!
Juliette.Gribnau
oh Ed, wat is dit mooooii !! instant fav !
fractalbeke
De kwaliteit van jouw werk is me al langer bekend en dit is er een opwaardering van. De 'zoom in' is gewoon een streling voor het oog.
luoyx2008
Very nice work!
farmerC
Ed,dit is een topper. Klasse.
claude19
STUNNER and BEAUTY !!!
wannes
Prachtige kleuren en vormgeving!!! Knap werk!
missouri
Great image, fuzzy and fun!
three_grrr
Oh how gorgeous! It's like looking down at earth from up high in the sky. I see farm fields, and hills, all decked out in late fall colors! Magnificent textures, further enhancing the feel of looking down from high in the sky.
Polaris7
wonderful golden!! like the skin of an animal!!! wonderful work!!
annie5
Nice pattern..texture and tones! Stunning work :)
VDH
Prachtige kleuren en design! Excellent!!
polterbyte
The texture in the full view is just exquisite!
erlandpil
Nice again erland
SSoffia
AMAZING MOVEMENT & BEAUTIFUL DESIGN :)
3x3
nice work ed...special on the texturing
bpclarke
Outstanding piece! It glows with magic and beauty. A sense of solidity to this. Bunny
renderix
never ending talis;-) cool work ed!
rj2650
Very cool.
amota99517
Oh, wow! This is so rich and elegant looking. I see gold and other precious treasures in this one. Wonderful work!
Dreamingbee
wonderful composition, tones and coloring - excellent
kleinhoon
Schitterende vormen met fantastische kleuren en texturen..!!
NekhbetSun
Marvelous image !
afugatt
WOW! Stunning!
Eleandras
Beautiful!
Titia
Prachtig...
CarolSassy
Excellent texturing! Love the colors! Beautiful piece! (: