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 (22)
patmartj
This will look stunning on any wall, I would be satisfied with it too! In fact more than satisfied. It's a delight
thelma
Absolutely gorgeous !!! VOTE
kimpe
Super image. Well done!
Tristana
Absolument merveilleux !! Vos couleurs sont de toutes beaut! v
rocserum
exellent waves of phantasy! RS
RNGOERNER
Gorgeous imagery; wonderful color and tonal palette, graceful and dynamic and an incredible, delicately skin-like texture. WOW! Rik
RodolfoCiminelli
Excellent flame...!! The forms suggest me the waves of the sea...!! Beautiful gradient of colors....!!
DreamWarrior
It is so gorgeous! And yes, it looks like an illustration.
kansas
Gorgeous, and certainly deserves a place on a wall for others to see.
CavalierLady
You are very right to be satisfied with this one... it is stunning! I would flip if I ever found one like this. Excellent!
valcali
Nothing to forgive here...it would go on my wall too! Fabulous...;o)
Darkangel764
This is stunning, I understand perfectly your sense of self satisfaction. This has to be one of the best apo flames I have ever seen, perfect in every sense. Excellent and then some :) V
classyladytwo
font size=2> v F A N T A S T I C, awesome work
PatGoltz
That's gorgeous, so you don't have anything whatsoever to apologize for!
Rykk
You bet this should be printed and hung - a VERY nice flame spiral form and colors. Positively Primo Pythagorean Polygon Pitchin'!
saldegal
By all means ... feel very smug, you deserve it for such a fantastically sharp and detailed flame!
D.C.Monteny
V Now THIS is a flame !!!
Deloulark
Love the colours and shapes in this one. Very beautiful. You should be proud - you deserve it! :)
fractalexpo
Excellent ! i love the colors !
Avalonne
NOW I can see why Ralph loves using your work so much in his images...it's absolutely brilliant!!!
mushypea
holy crap...this is fabulous...i wish i could do fractals like that! gasp
Artzy
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