Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Mandelbrot Spiral Cleft 2

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[edit] Mandelbrot_Spiral_Cleft_2

"Spiral Cleft" done with MandelZot and down-sampled with Photoshop
"Spiral Cleft" done with MandelZot and down-sampled with Photoshop
"Spiral Cleft"  Simpler colors.
"Spiral Cleft" Simpler colors.

Clear and striking Mandelbrot set image. This appears in Mandelbrot set. It was created by David R. Ingham. It looks like a science fiction cover because it is purely mathematical in origin and has no direct connection with reality. Fine detail was averaged out by down-sampling.

  • Nominate and support. - David R. Ingham 20:55, 28 November 2005 (UTC)
  • Support. This is one of the best (and certainly the most colourful) fractal images I've ever seen. Raven4x4x 03:17, 30 November 2005 (UTC)
  • Support. --Wojsyl (talk) 18:45, 30 November 2005 (UTC)
  • Comment, Image:Mandelpart2.jpg is already featured. Do we need a second featured Mandelbrot? Also, why did you resample it. As pointed out several times, upload highest resolution and let mediawiki resample. --Dschwen 23:46, 30 November 2005 (UTC)
  • A photo has finite resolution in the first place. With fractals, it seems to me that whether and how to resample fundamentally change the character of the image. I will upload the point by point calculation if requested, but I don't condider it to be the same picture. It has only colors in the color lookup table. If someone with a larger computer wants my colorset and coordinates, they are welcome to re-do it with higher resolution. So I feel that this is the highest resolution version of this particular image.David R. Ingham 03:18, 1 December 2005 (UTC)
  • Oppose. It's all a matter of personal taste, but I think this is a slightly ugly and not very striking image. There are multiple better pictures on the same page: take, for example, this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Fractal-zoom-1-03-Mandelbrot_Buzzsaw.png
  • Support - unbelievably beautiful JoJan 16:53, 3 December 2005 (UTC)
  • Oppose. Considering the large number of potential candidates, for mathematical creations such as Mandelbrot sets, I think we need to set the bar high. In any case, the currently featured one as linked above is better; for this one, the colours aren't terribly nice. Enochlau 15:23, 4 December 2005 (UTC)
  • ( − ) Oppose The colors to me are terrible, and as Enochlau says, for something like Madelbrots which can be quite easily created, the bar has to be high --Fir0002 21:38, 4 December 2005 (UTC)
  • Oppose. Garish coloring. I like the coordinate choice better than current FP Image:Mandelpart2.jpg's, though. —Cryptic (talk) 11:50, 5 December 2005 (UTC)
  • Oppose per above. Colors too bright, and there's an infinite number of fractals that we can nominate; thus, they have to be exceptional. Flcelloguy (A note?) 17:37, 11 December 2005 (UTC)
  • Oppose - I've seen much better images of the Mandelbrott Set. - JustinWick 01:08, 12 December 2005 (UTC)

I noticed that some others are shown in more that one version so I am adding my other version. From a data visualization point of view, this shows less, but some may prefer it artisticly.David R. Ingham 21:47, 6 December 2005 (UTC)

Not promoted , but it's featured in my book. Although I do see where the opposers are coming from: I put it as my wallpaper and the rest of the family told me to get rid of it. :) Raven4x4x 04:18, 12 December 2005 (UTC)