Genuine Fractals vs. Interpolation


Here I have once again blown up one of my photographs taken with my Olympus to 10" x 8" at 360.

This is a shot of Whitby and the Abbey above.

I have selected the Abbey itself from each blow-up:
 
 
Interpolation
Fractal compression

Zooming in to each image:-
 
Interpolation
Fractal compression

As you can see the lines are sharper, but the shape of the windows has changed slightly. Note how much smoother the arch to the right is on the fractally compressed image.

Similarly with a close-up of the boats from the photograph:-
 
Interpolation
Fractal compression

Note that the interpolated version is starting to show some evidence of the original pixellation.

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