[Theme] : Natural Disorder/Chaos

[Bill De Jager]

A random distribution is also chaotic in the sense there is little or no spatial or temporal autocorrelation. Perhaps only smaller particles (such as those giving a Brownian movement) are truly chaotic, however that is pretty academic and of small relevance to photographic studies of patterns in nature.

From yesterday's trip inland to a drier and colder regime than we have had here near the Oslo Fjord so far this winter.

I did a series of test images of this scene, which comprises riperian forest (mainly alders and downy birch) responding to a recent snowfall. The weaker trunks will bend over so avoid breaking under the often heavy load. This was a perfect scene for assessment of chromatic aberration  of older lenses. I tested such familiar Nikkors as the 400 mm f/5.6, 35-70 mm f/3.5, 20/3.5, and the old-timer 50-300 mm f/4.5 ED. This depiction of riparian chaos is taken with the latter lens on a Nikon Df, and apparently this 40+ year old lens (1977) still knows how to bend light rays

This image is simply amazing.

[pluton]

Thanks Keith!

Your Sumac is definitely natural disorder! - it almost express "enter at own risk". Is it a poisonous species?

Not toxic.  Apparently the native Americans used parts of it for remedies.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malosma

[Akira]

Akira - I really like the shots (especially #2), the natural disorder it conveys and your cosmic analogy fits nicely

For some reason your shot gave flashbacks to my early days as a computer programmer when I was playing with fractals .. it was quite fascinating.

Lars, thanks for the comment.  Glad to know someone sharing the same sensitivity. 

[Chip Chipowski]

Chaos in a jar

[Andrea B.]

It looks almost like its going fractal, but no.

Resizing this image really kills the patterns!
It is better viewed by right-click, view image, +enlarge, but even viewing enlarged there is some loss from the resize to 2000px width. (Hmmm, that's interesting. Some images we cannot properly present online.)

Bjørn, you will perhaps remember this?

[Roland Vink]

Andrea - that is a fantastic image, one that I wish I had taken. I really like how you treated the sides and lower edge to match. Really beautiful.

[Bjørn Rørslett]

It looks almost like its going fractal, but no.
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Bjørn, you will perhaps remember this?

Yes, looks like Hoover Dam, probably on the Nevada side.

[Jakov Minić]

My natural disorder looks something like this

[basker]

Andrea,

That is a very deep look at a surface. What a treat, beautiful!

Sam

[pluton]

Andrea, that is beautiful and fascinating.  The presentation is inventive also.  Something to 'torture' a JPEG converter!

[Lars Hansen]

It looks almost like its going fractal, but no.

Very fascinating patterns Andrea! .. looks fine at my monitor.

[Lars Hansen]

#1 Getting a better grip at a slope.
#2 Alternative grip 

[Thomas G]

1 - acanthous

[pluton]

Chip: I want more roots.  Is the sweet potato still growing??
Lars:  Fantasy roots.  The walking trees!
Thomas:  Lovely clutter.

[Jack Dahlgren]

It is only natural that man causes chaos