"Fractal of a fractal of a fractal. Similar patterns recur at progressively smaller scales...partly random or chaotic".
I am a bit confused. I have been on the inetrnet for several hours now. It seems that many (most?) of the really impressive Fractal images are "created" (i.e no photgraph as a starting point). However, I have also checked and played a bit with gimp on some of my pics and you can create fractal images based on a photograph.
Which one are we allowed to use here?
Fractal like patterns tend to appear in nature. The classic example is the coastline. From space, zooming in from 60 miles high to 50 feet in the air tends to produce very similar organic patterns.
I expect to see lots of leaves and tree branches, flowers etc.
Advanced editing implies finding fractals in real life, so using post processing to render a photo into a fractal should result in a DQ.
Except, "A fractal of a fractal of a fractal" doesn't really make sense.
I suspect it's just a bit of "poetic license" ... consonant with the idea that fractals are often drescibe as repeating patterns, and intended to sound more vibrant than:
Title: Fractal
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Advanced editing implies finding fractals in real life, so using post processing to render a photo into a fractal should result in a DQ.
Thank you all for replying and sending links - some good further reading found there. The short answer I was looking for is really the above one :-) - thank you :-)
Personally I find this challenge a bit "tricky" ... I mean really, you could photograph *any* naturally occuring subject. From what I have been googling the mathematicians try to find a formula for everything ;-). Now to be "original" for the challenge .....
Thanks again for everyone's help
That's for sure. Or we could enter stuff like this:
But that's only possible with expert editing. Look for fractal patterns in nature; they are everywhere.
LOL - not for me it's not expert editing - push 2 buttons on the keyboard - no "expert" needed ;-) (not diminishing your photograph, just trying to say that these things are all pre-programmed in the big photo editing software available today :-))
That's for sure. Or we could enter stuff like this:
But that's only possible with expert editing. Look for fractal patterns in nature; they are everywhere.
LOL - not for me it's not expert editing - push 2 buttons on the keyboard - no "expert" needed ;-) (not diminishing your photograph, just trying to say that these things are all pre-programmed in the big photo editing software available today :-))
You think so? Give it a try: here's my original:
Grab your software, push two buttons, make it happen. Or not... This one's wildly complex. I acknowledge that some of the more kaleidoscopic flip-n-blends are pretty routine, but something like this is way beyond that. It took a lot of work to realize it.
That's for sure. Or we could enter stuff like this:
But that's only possible with expert editing. Look for fractal patterns in nature; they are everywhere.
LOL - not for me it's not expert editing - push 2 buttons on the keyboard - no "expert" needed ;-) (not diminishing your photograph, just trying to say that these things are all pre-programmed in the big photo editing software available today :-))
You think so? Give it a try: here's my original:
Grab your software, push two buttons, make it happen. Or not... This one's wildly complex. I acknowledge that some of the more kaleidoscopic flip-n-blends are pretty routine, but something like this is way beyond that. It took a lot of work to realize it.
I wonder if anyone can take the final creation and 'push buttons' to re-create the original? (Without the benefit of published processing steps.)
I'll repeat my question. Is a fireworks explosion an example of a fractal pattern?
For me, no. Not most of them, anyway. There is a kind of firework that sends out a globular burst and each element of that burst emits a smaller, globular burst, and I suppose that's at least the beginning of a fractal-type thing, but...
I'll repeat my question. Is a fireworks explosion an example of a fractal pattern?
For me, no. Not most of them, anyway. There is a kind of firework that sends out a globular burst and each element of that burst emits a smaller, globular burst, and I suppose that's at least the beginning of a fractal-type thing, but...
last nail in coffin... fireworks are not natural in any sense of the word.
but then again, reading the challenge description, i guess the fractal does not have to be "in nature" per se... it was hahn23 who started us down that route of discussion.
I'll repeat my question. Is a fireworks explosion an example of a fractal pattern?
For me, no. Not most of them, anyway. There is a kind of firework that sends out a globular burst and each element of that burst emits a smaller, globular burst, and I suppose that's at least the beginning of a fractal-type thing, but...
last nail in coffin... fireworks are not natural in any sense of the word.
but then again, reading the challenge description, i guess the fractal does not have to be "in nature" per se... it was hahn23 who started us down that route of discussion.
anything you can take a picture of with your camera & edit within the Advanced ruleset that results in a composition with obvious fractal qualities is within the challenge.
