I am an environmental scientist. A large part of my career has been dedicated to scientific research into the structure of ecosystems and factors that affect them. Quite early on, it became apparent that certain mathematical iterative principles formed geometries that coincided exactly with those found in natural ecosystems. And by ecosystems, I do not mean just plants and animals. The same principles also apply to quantum physics, geology, meteorology and on up to the formation of galaxies. These relationships were championed most publicly by the brilliant mathematician Benoît Mandelbrot, the founder of fractal geometry.
To my mind, the structure of natural ecosystems through application of these iterative processes revealed not only the genius and subtlety of nature but also its incomparable beauty. Â
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Comments (12)
Bossie_Boots
This is superb love it !!
peedy
Beautiful, Stan. Gorgeous colors and lighting. Corrie
greyone
Awesome image Stan!!! This is stretching UF into an area I had no idea it was capable of. I'm not sure if you are so inclined, but if you ever decided to offer classes in UF techniques I'm sure there are several people that would love to learn under your direction. I'm not sure how such a program can be done online, but maybe its possible.
mountmous
Beautifully done! Now I'm just wondering about the mythology aspect... Rowan is a mythological tree, yes? But there is also a species of trees that's called Rowan?
eekdog
stan the man! this is just awesome dude..
farmerC
Shining work.
ia-du-lin
beautiful combination, nice colors
npauling
A wonderful work of art that has been very cleverly created. It has a magical feel to it. I agree with greyone that it would be great if you did a tutorial on making Apo in Ultra Fractal but I know that is very time consuming.
mgtcs
Beautiful fractal. I see it as displaying the mystical energy underlying the Rowan tree and its numerous association to divinity and magic. Superb mastery of the fractals, as always (which is why I placed a link to your gallery on my last post, BTW).
fallen21
Awesome fractal.
Glendaw
Awesome images and positioning. The colors and lighting are stunning. Outstanding creation merging the two programs. Great work as always Stan. (Really appreciate the Rowan Tree information as described above.)
mps
Very lovely image