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Romanesco Cauliflower
1st PlaceRomanesco Cauliflower
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Challenge: Fractals (Advanced Editing VII)
Camera: Olympus E-1
Lens: Olympus 50mm f/2.0 Macro ED Zuiko Digital
Date: Aug 21, 2012
Aperture: f11,0
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/8s
Date Uploaded: Aug 21, 2012

 Romanesco Cauliflower
This variant form of cauliflower is the ultimate fractal vegetable. Its pattern is a natural representation of the Fibonacci or golden spiral, a logarithmic spiral where every quarter turn is farther from the origin by a factor of phi, the golden ratio.

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Place: 1 out of 85
Avg (all users): 7.0431
Avg (commenters): 7.4706
Avg (participants): 6.8000
Avg (non-participants): 7.1972
Views since voting: 3343
Views during voting: 316
Votes: 116
Comments: 38
Favorites: 4 (view)

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 09/02/2012 01:10:44 PM
Your version certainly fared better than mine, possibly the smaller structure of the flowers ΓΆ€” congratulations!

Thanks you for the explanation of the Fibonacci spiral -- I've been wondering about how that worked for a while.
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 08/29/2012 08:23:30 AM
Blue ribbons on back to back entries. Amazing feat. Congrats.
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 08/29/2012 07:49:25 AM
i feel like you really gotta stare to fully appreciate this. There's so so so many patterns in there. Me likes it

Message edited by author 2012-08-29 11:49:45.
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 08/29/2012 07:45:04 AM
Congrats on the ribbon.
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 08/29/2012 07:03:29 AM
These things a are great. I have some pictures of one too, just not as well done as yours.
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 08/29/2012 05:40:31 AM
Excellent job Fred!!!! Perfect example...
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 08/29/2012 04:09:06 AM
Congrats on another blue, Fred!
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 08/29/2012 01:17:00 AM
Didn't vote, but this would have been one of my top picks. Congrats, Fred!
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 08/29/2012 12:06:09 AM
This had to win. Congrats, Fred!
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 08/28/2012 11:37:17 PM
Uitstekend! Two in a row! Silence is golden :) hehe well done Fred.
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 08/28/2012 10:49:39 PM
Congrats on the Blue Fred!! Great shot
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 08/28/2012 10:15:40 PM
Congrats on the blue! I love this image!
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 08/28/2012 09:32:57 PM
Mooi Fred, gaan nog nie maak dat ek van kool hou nie. Hehe
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 08/28/2012 08:25:51 PM
Looks like being in Limbo is the way to go, nice one Fred.
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 08/28/2012 08:15:54 PM
Whoppy! Another blue. Huge congratulations my friend. Baie baie mooi
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 08/28/2012 08:09:01 PM
Congratulations, Fred, on an outstanding image - and well deserved ribbon!
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 08/28/2012 08:07:31 PM
Congrats Fred; nicely done.
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 08/28/2012 08:05:04 PM
Hah, maybe not being in the forums is your ticket to greatness. Congrats, Fred!
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 08/28/2012 08:02:32 PM
the border spoiled this for me, but I did like it still and I guess others did as well, congrats on another blue.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
08/28/2012 07:57:45 PM
awesome design
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 08/28/2012 07:25:37 PM
Amazing formations... very nicely rendered!
I just don't get tired of coming back here... it's mesmerizing!
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 08/28/2012 05:31:16 PM
beautiful repetition.
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 08/28/2012 09:08:51 AM
Good fractally patterns. 7
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 08/25/2012 02:31:17 PM
why the massive border - cannot the image speak for itself? this is a solid contender otherwise. I wish you well with this one.
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 08/24/2012 10:22:40 AM
8 from me. love how you've filled the frame
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 08/23/2012 05:26:25 PM
A lot of good fractals here.
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 08/23/2012 12:59:43 PM
the classics of all
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 08/23/2012 09:49:59 AM
Wow
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 08/23/2012 08:11:16 AM
Top 5
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 08/23/2012 05:11:34 AM
Nice pattern and detail.
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 08/22/2012 04:12:41 PM
It's really hard to believe this is edible!!
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 08/22/2012 03:18:44 PM
A classic object for fractal photography. Nicely done with the filled frame.
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 08/22/2012 11:03:06 AM
Obvious subject, extraordinarily well imaged.
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 08/22/2012 06:52:20 AM
My top three! 10.
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 08/22/2012 05:17:43 AM
so classic :) nice shot
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 08/22/2012 03:37:04 AM
Awesome :)
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 08/21/2012 09:57:06 PM
Cool! Superb fractal pattern and the best image I've seen of this vegetable. (I went looking for one in my greengrocer's but there were none to be had.)
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 08/21/2012 08:13:50 PM
Beautiful rendering. Border's kind of heavy for the subject, but eh... FWIW, Romanesco is a cauliflower, not a cabbage :-)
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