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08/12/2012 04:40:47 PM · #26 |
Originally posted by sophiawood:
As a mathematician I have to say - Yes, Yes and Yes for a fractal challenge.
But I tend to go with a preference of less editing and have people find them in nature. Capture the fractal as is.
(Then they can go map it to mathematics if they are inclined) |
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08/12/2012 06:23:20 PM · #27 |
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08/12/2012 08:58:54 PM · #28 |
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08/13/2012 11:38:01 AM · #29 |
That was a fascinating pbs program, Cory. Thanks for posting it. |
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08/14/2012 08:38:18 PM · #30 |
Originally posted by hahn23:
Sand dunes, snow drifts, fern fronds, conch shells, broccoli, crystals.... fractals abound in nature. |
^ Thanks for that. All I could think about were Escher drawings and things of that sort with the verbal description. Those photos help a lot. |
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08/14/2012 10:05:09 PM · #31 |
| Somebody wake up the Beav. |
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08/15/2012 05:44:15 AM · #32 |
The image below was my reason for suggesting the challenge idea. No snow for me now, but other fractals are abundant now.
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08/15/2012 05:52:41 AM · #33 |
| Looking forward to this challenge very much! |
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08/15/2012 06:44:57 AM · #34 |
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08/15/2012 06:59:16 AM · #35 |
Originally posted by bspurgeon:
Somebody wake up the Beav. |
Ohboyohboyohboy! On vacation at the moment without my Sigma camera (mostly film for the trip). This gives me a reason to look forward to coming home... |
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08/15/2012 07:03:10 AM · #36 |
Originally posted by hahn23:
The image below was my reason for suggesting the challenge idea. No snow for me now, but other fractals are abundant now.
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no order in that choas :) |
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08/15/2012 08:25:41 AM · #37 |
Originally posted by mike_311:
Originally posted by hahn23:
The image below was my reason for suggesting the challenge idea. No snow for me now, but other fractals are abundant now.
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no order in that choas :) |
Why is geometry often described as 'cold' and 'dry?' One reason lies in its inability to describe the shape of a cloud, a mountain, a coastline, or a tree. Clouds are not spheres, mountains are not cones, coastlines are not circles, and bark is not smooth, nor does lightning travel in a straight line... Nature exhibits not simply a higher degree but an altogether different level of complexity.
- Benoit Mandelbrot
The Fractal Geometry of Nature (1977), Introduction, xiii. |
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08/15/2012 08:57:13 AM · #38 |
I wish we had two weeks for this challenge. |
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08/15/2012 04:38:46 PM · #39 |
| Google search for Fractals in Nature |
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08/15/2012 05:08:02 PM · #40 |
I'm thinking something like this one would do ok in this challenge, if it were cropped down to the tree line at the top.
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08/15/2012 05:29:26 PM · #41 |
| Well when I first saw this I thought argh .... now ya'll have me intrigued |
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08/15/2012 05:33:38 PM · #42 |
Originally posted by littlemav:
Well when I first saw this I thought argh .... now ya'll have me intrigued |
Great! There are infinite possibilities. Fractals abound in nature.
The image below would have been something I would have sought out, had we been in winter conditions.
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08/15/2012 06:42:43 PM · #43 |
Originally posted by MelonMusketeer:
I'm thinking something like this one would do ok in this challenge, if it were cropped down to the tree line at the top.
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I think its fine as is! |
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08/16/2012 04:51:39 AM · #44 |
you are right, i keep seeing the same things over and over! |
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08/16/2012 05:40:11 AM · #45 |
Mandlebrot vs Fibonacci!
look for self similar repeating patterns
there's no inspiration in google images for 'fractals in nature'
but the results for 'rabbit fractals' is pretty interesting |
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08/16/2012 05:49:56 AM · #46 |
Originally posted by pixelpig:
Mandlebrot vs Fibonacci!
look for self similar repeating patterns
there's no inspiration in google images for 'fractals in nature'
but the results for 'rabbit fractals' is pretty interesting |
This image  would NOT be a DNMC. |
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08/16/2012 07:08:51 AM · #47 |
ok, i get it now, its a nature frees study.
(ducks and hides) |
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08/16/2012 07:12:19 AM · #48 |
Originally posted by hahn23:
This image would NOT be a DNMC. |
You'll have to convince me that its a fractal. By my working definition, I'm not sure it is. |
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08/16/2012 07:19:01 AM · #49 |
Originally posted by JamesDowning:
You'll have to convince me that its a fractal. By my working definition, I'm not sure it is. |
I agree.
For me, fractals are recursively defined and small sections of them are similar to large ones. |
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08/16/2012 07:24:04 AM · #50 |
Originally posted by JamesDowning:
You'll have to convince me that its a fractal. By my working definition, I'm not sure it is. |
the only image in the thread that even resembled a fractal is the waves, and the cauliflower.
just becuase chaos defines nature, doesn't mean fractals are abound.
Message edited by author 2012-08-16 11:25:33. |
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