Originally posted by seebrown:
Unfortunately the only way to shoot this requires the lens to be in the shot ... |
Have to say that after looking at that web page, many of those shots either; the lens cannot be seen or, it has been well hidden. A couple of examples;
Crisp Contrast in the basic pattern
Gorgeously rendered Wada Basin in blues, gray, white, yellow and black
Zoom on area in Wada Fractal above ...
An interesting website. Here is a link for those interested in 'learning': An Introduction to the fascinating patterns of Visual Math
Now if I had seen something like this some of the "Interior Relationships" in the Mandelbrot Set in the Challenge - wow. But for sure it would have been 'doubted' but then 'validated'. No idea how this has been achieved, seems a natural pattern, somehow 'captured'. Different technique, but equally interesting. I'll 'research it later'.
In the end these shots are very 'abstract' (if indeed that's an apt word for this technique), and while may not BE 'digital art', border on being viewed as such, in my opinion. Unless the viewer understands what it is they are looking at they're likely going to assume it is 'created'. I guess as long as it can be seen AS a photograph (difficult), then it should 'make the jump'.
As for your comment in the thread "All in all I can understand now that images like this one do not belong on the DP site" - I don't agree (incorporating the above 'photograph' statement of course). There are many other shots, especially far less 'creative' on DPC, or just different styles/tastes, which perhaps 'do not belong on DPC', but it is a matter of opinion and - ultimately - what has made/makes DPC so unique - the variety. This 'fractal image', while not 'new ground', has a lot of potential in my opinion, plus is educational, which I for one, always like.
DPC is, and will be, 'shaped by contributions'. I think this shot is a good contribution.
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