Welcome to my flame fractal repository on Renderosity!
I use Apophysis exclusively with only illumination and saturation tweaks in Ultra Fractal. My goal is for my images to stand on their own artistically, hence no borders or overlays, just the default background. I also display fractals and photos in higher resolution at http://community.webshots.com/user/rajahh. Please visit me there.
Thank you so much for visiting my gallery and for leaving the kind and encouraging comments!BIOI am Roger Johnston (Born 1945) and I live in Orange, California. I have a wife (Cindy) and two artistic grown-up kids: Jason is a pianist/web geek; Melissa is pursuing musical theater {translates as starving}!
I have been generating fractals since I wrote my first Mandelbrot program for the TRS-80 computer in 1980... talk about low resolution! Since then I've used software from Fractint to Ultra Fractal, but have fallen in love with the Flame algorithm as implemented by Mark Townsend in Apophysis Version 1. Note: I have not been able to use Version 2 that is currently in beta because it is so agonizingly slooooow! I feel it was a poor trade just to get multiple undo's and double the variants. Is it just me or is there anyone out there with the same perspective?
I am also a violinist and until two years ago when the group disbanded, I was concert master with the St. George Chamber Orchestra. I am currently interested in starting a string quartet in my area. Know of any good string players?
I also dabble in photography (just got a Sony F828 - 8 megapixel camera) and other types of computer graphics. I would be interested in showing dozens of my POVray renderings created over the past dozen years, but don't know under which topic to display them. And who else is doing scanner art?
Professionally I am an optical engineer, cofounder of a company (LightWorks Optics) that designs and builds custom optical systems. In our first seven years we have been involved in several space programs. We designed and built the UV telescope for the Galaxy Evolution Explorer (GALEX) that launched last summer. The 2005 mission to Mars will have two optical systems for which we designed and built the optics: the HiRise half-meter telescope and the 180 degree field of view Color Imager (MARCI). We also designed and built the mirrors for the Deep Impact Mission which will smash a space vehicle into an asteroid at high speed to see what comes off. LightWorks takes a lot of my time that would otherwise be spent dragging little triangles around into the wee hours of the night! 8-}
Again... thanks for visiting.
Comments (19)
etomchek
Awesome flame~ the colors and shapes are wonderful!
Snow_Angel
Its very beautiful! The design is awesome and the colors are great for it! :)
Earlydawn
Wonderful color flow, and title says it all
Rykk
Heckuva nice render on this really cool shaped flame - love the colors, too. Well done!
kansas
Super render. Love the shape and especially the colors.
leda_moon
Beautiful shape,nice job!!!
LindaMc1
Your flame weaves are incredible. Very appealing perspective, and I love the colors.
abmlober
Looks as if you used some colour pencils or wax colours in the upper region. A very nice effect.
Seadreamer
Really nice... your flams have a great 'weight'. Many times my own go so whispy that it's irritating. This is a good, solid image. Bravo!
AnneCHPostma
Beautiful fractal image !
stotty
Super flame :)
moeghan
Awesome design and colors.
classyladytwo
awesome flame excellently done
sophielerlei
great flame with beautiful colors.
miwi
Great job, super!!!!!
TomWilcox
A really nice variation on the spiral wing shape. Nice and tightly defined.
thelma
Oh the colours, the patterns, it's absolutely GORGEOUS!!!
tresamie
Extraordinarily clean render! Beautiful!
Wyvern7
Exquisite color and design!